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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Captive," what floods the streets?

3. In "There's No Power Like Home," what did the mask around our ear do?

4. In "Compass," what is there no better compass than?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What will sometimes bleed with us in the poem "Back to the Past"?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Gorman treat the topic of war in this collection? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Through which poems does Gorman most directly discuss the topic of grief, and how does she treat this topic generally? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

When Gorman references herself in this collection, how does she describe herself? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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