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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "[Ours]," who does the writer write of handing right respect to?
(a) Nuns.
(b) Negroes.
(c) Whites.
(d) Priests.

2. In "The Soldiers (or Plummer)" what is ever promised in this one-chance life?
(a) Jobs.
(b) Everything.
(c) Love.
(d) Nothing.

3. In "The Truth In One Nation," what is a luxury?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Being alone.
(c) Privilege.
(d) Disbelief.

4. In "War: What, Is It Good?" what is the body?
(a) A suit.
(b) A friend.
(c) A fine art.
(d) A walking chaos of meat & bones.

5. In "Letter From a Nurse," what does everyone have to do?
(a) Die.
(b) Work.
(c) Learn.
(d) Live.

6. In "_ _ _ _ _ [Gated]," how long have Black people spent quarantined?
(a) Two years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Generations.
(d) One year.

7. In "The Truth In One Nation," what is a dying art?
(a) Hating.
(b) Living.
(c) Praying.
(d) Loving.

8. Who wrote "The Letters"?
(a) Tracy K. Smith.
(b) Lin-Manuel Miranda.
(c) Rhianna.
(d) Herman Melville.

9. In "Report on Migration of Roes," what is "panpax" a meshing of?
(a) Panning and paxing.
(b) Pans and pots.
(c) The Greek prefix -pan and the Latin word -pax, meaning peace.
(d) Panwalla and paxripe.

10. In "The Soldiers (or Plummer)" what are eliminated on 1/29/19?
(a) Pills.
(b) Warm pants.
(c) Flu masks.
(d) Socks.

11. In "[Ours]," who has been cured?
(a) Winston.
(b) Alexander.
(c) Henry.
(d) Hume.

12. In "Displacement," what is a part of ourselves?
(a) Wit.
(b) Heavy.
(c) Truth.
(d) Barbed and barbaric.

13. In "The Truth In One Nation," what do we believe in some days?
(a) Fear.
(b) Anger.
(c) Nothing but belief itself.
(d) Love.

14. In "Displacement," what is our blood bracketed by?
(a) Veins.
(b) Water.
(c) Brains.
(d) Hearts.

15. In "War: What, Is It Good?" what is there no such thing as?
(a) A fine war.
(b) An ending war.
(c) A just war.
(d) A gentle war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Plummer say whites do not love in "The Soldiers (or Plummer)"?

2. In "Fury & Faith," what is the point of protest?

3. In "Fury & Faith," what do we owe to the fallen?

4. In "War: What, Is It Good?" which battles are the hardest to win?

5. In "The Truth In One Nation," what can keep you safe?

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