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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 "Every Day We Are Learning," what can we not possess without practicing it?

2. In "Lighthouse," what is no human to us in the last line?

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

4. In "& So," what it is harder to do?

5. What is behind us in "Ship's Manifest"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In "Memorial," what does Gorman say we are living when we tell a story?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Overall, how would you describe Gorman's style in this collection? Why? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Gorman interact with and treat the subject of history and the historical record throughout this collection? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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