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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. What is the name of the first major section in Part I?
(a) Requiem.
(b) Dream.
(c) Wrong.
(d) Right.

2. In "Essex I," what book did the tragedy involving the Essex inspire?
(a) The Soldier.
(b) Nickolas Nickleby.
(c) Moby Dick.
(d) The Friend.

3. In "& So," how does grief leave when it goes?
(a) With joy.
(b) With a bang.
(c) Softly.
(d) With sadness.

4. In "School's Out," what does Gorman warn to beware of?
(a) Wind.
(b) Men who kill.
(c) Women with heels.
(d) The Ides of March.

5. In "Compass," what is the year the size of?
(a) A sea.
(b) A watch.
(c) A whale.
(d) A bone.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Every Day We Are Learning," what is one think we learn?

2. In "Alarum," what does the poet say we are writing as?

3. What does the last line of "Call Us" implore the reader to do?

4. In "Pre-Memory," what is all we know so far?

5. In "Cut," what is there no meek way to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is harder than harping in "& So"?

2. What worldwide event does "Fugue" revolve around?

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

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

5. In "Vale of the Shadow of Death," what did the Chinese Exclusion Act do?

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

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

8. In "Lucent," what does Gorman say are the brightest parts of us?

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

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

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