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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 "When," how are we like our joy?
(a) We are fleeting but certain.
(b) We are not wrong.
(c) We are tall but fair.
(d) We are true but fair.

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

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

4. In "School's Out," what is not needed for graduation day?
(a) A fairy.
(b) A sandwich.
(c) A shoe.
(d) A gown.

5. In "Good Grief," what were we once barbed and brutal as?
(a) Friends.
(b) Books.
(c) Hind quarters.
(d) Blades.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Cordage, or Atonement," what are we not?

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

3. In "Surviving," what might not we be fully sure of?

4. In "The Shallows," how does Gorman describe us?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In "Cordage, or Atonement," what words does Gorman use two different spellings of and play with, though they are pronounced the same?

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

5. In "Alarum," what is the slash called in math?

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

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

8. In "Call Us," what does Gorman say about half of our bodies at times?

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

10. In "Lucent," what do our shadows play tricks on?

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