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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 132 - 173).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Soldiers (or Plummer)" what does Plummer write about dying?
(a) It is needing.
(b) It is freeing.
(c) It is blinding.
(d) It is loving.

2. In "Good Grief," what is the origin of the word trauma?
(a) Fighting.
(b) Finding.
(c) Dying.
(d) Not just wound, but piercing or turning.

3. In "Fury & Faith," what is the point of protest?
(a) Finding a window.
(b) Finding the truth.
(c) Holding fast to the promise of freedom.
(d) Finding a way to become educated.

4. In "War: What, Is It Good?" what does the poet say about writing our stories?
(a) It is a friendship.
(b) It is wrong.
(c) It needs a finders' fee.
(d) It is an essential service.

5. In "America," what bleeds from our flag?
(a) Water.
(b) Red.
(c) Wine.
(d) Truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Fugue," what are handshakes and hugs like?

2. In "_ _ _ _ _ [Gated]," how long have Black people spent quarantined?

3. In "The Soldiers (or Plummer)" what does Plummer want to make his home?

4. Who does the poet mention by name in "Pre-Memory?"

5. In "Cecilia," what do we want to feel?

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