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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 "At First," what did we not expect when we asked how others were faring?
(a) An honest or full response.
(b) A song.
(c) A job.
(d) A farm.

2. In "& So," what it is harder to do?
(a) Heal.
(b) Flee.
(c) Find.
(d) Hope.

3. In "There's No Power Like Home," what were we sick of?
(a) Vegetables.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Home.
(d) Dancing.

4. In "The Shallows," how does Gorman describe us?
(a) Happy.
(b) Sad.
(c) Suspicious.
(d) Touch-deficient and light-starved.

5. Who does the poet mention by name in "Pre-Memory?"
(a) Marianne Hirsch.
(b) Helen Begley.
(c) Enela Rigora.
(d) Michael Rinder.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "School's Out," what does Gorman warn to beware of?

2. In "Another Nautical," what do we forget, like the water?

3. In "Lighthouse," what have we lost sight of even though we have never met?

4. In "Cordage, or Atonement," what should we take back, if only for this newborn day?

5. In "Lucent," what does lumen mean?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Essex I," what famous piece of literature does Gorman evoke?

2. What does Gorman say is the origin of the word "trauma" in "Good Grief"?

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

4. What is "School's Out" about?

5. In "Aborescent II," what does Gorman say we are always scoping out with our bodies?

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

7. In "Captive," what is "stereotypic behavior" in animals?

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

9. What does Gorman say we are learning in "Every Day We Are Learning"?

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

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