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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Shallows," what does Gorman implore people to do after grieving?
(a) Die.
(b) Chose.
(c) Walk.
(d) Eat.

2. In "Lucent," what are we stripped down like?
(a) A wintered tree.
(b) A fable.
(c) A bear.
(d) A lightbulb.

3. In "Cut," what is there no simple way to do?
(a) Hurt.
(b) Eat.
(c) Grieve.
(d) Heal.

4. In "Fugue," what do we truly mean when we say goodbye?
(a) We will not meet again.
(b) Let us be able to say hello again.
(c) We need better friends.
(d) We are always alone.

5. In "There's No Power Like Home," what did the mask around our ear do?
(a) Got bigger.
(b) Got dirty.
(c) Got lost.
(d) Hung itself into the year.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Ship's Manifest," what are we waiting for?

2. In "Pan," what does pandemic mean?

3. In "& So," what it is easy to do?

4. In "At First," what did we not expect when we asked how others were faring?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Hephaestus," what are we re-rasied among, according to Gorman?

2. What does Gorman say has happened to the people in "Lighthouse" even though they have never met?

3. What is life if it is not what is promised in "Life"?

4. In "Memorial," what does Gorman say we are living when we tell a story?

5. In "& So," how does Gorman describe grief?

6. What does Gorman say we truly mean by "goodbye" in the poem "Fugue"?

7. In "Cut," what does Gorman say we just need a place for some days?

8. In "Erasure," what are "erasure poems"?

9. What piece of pop culture does the title "Who We Gonna Call" refer to?

10. How does Gorman describe the entirety of what we've lost in "The Shallows"?

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