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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 "Pre-Memory," what is all we know so far?
2. In "At First," how do we find the rhetoric of reunion?
3. In "Fugue," how do we fall into the news?
4. What is the name of the first major section in Part I?
5. In "At First," what did we not expect when we asked how others were faring?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is life if it is not what is promised in "Life"?
2. In "Aborescent II," what does Gorman say we are always scoping out with our bodies?
3. How does Gorman describe the entirety of what we've lost in "The Shallows"?
4. What does Gorman say would be a blessing for our children in the poem "What We Did in the Time Being"?
5. In "Captive," what is "stereotypic behavior" in animals?
6. In "Hephaestus," what are we re-rasied among, according to Gorman?
7. In "Vale of the Shadow of Death," what did the Chinese Exclusion Act do?
8. In "Memorial," what does Gorman say we are living when we tell a story?
9. What worldwide event does "Fugue" revolve around?
10. In "Essex I," what famous piece of literature does Gorman evoke?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What parallels does Gorman draw between the past and the present in relation to society's response to pandemics? How does she make these connections? 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 employ imagery most successfully and forcefully? Why? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
How and why do you think Gorman uses images on the page, as in the shape of a poem mimicking its subject? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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