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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 "Lucent," what is the most beautiful star?
(a) A friend.
(b) Nothing but a monster.
(c) A mirage.
(d) A lover.

2. In "Displacement," what were we distempered as that wretched summer?
(a) Hens.
(b) Cats.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Bunnies.

3. In "Hephaestus," what is "that clear plunge"?
(a) A friend.
(b) A balm.
(c) The beginning of what we ought to become.
(d) A relief.

4. In "America," what matters?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Hate.
(c) Language.
(d) Faith.

5. In "When," who do we wrap our arms around?
(a) Each other.
(b) Nature.
(c) Ourselves.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Cordage, or Atonement," what does the word atone come from?

2. In "America," what does it mean to be divided as a nation?

3. In "The Soldiers (or Plummer)" what does Plummer write about dying?

4. In "Essex I," what were whales killed for?

5. In "The Donohue Family Ledgers," who do the Donohues bury?

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