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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 "Displacement," what are we taught differs in physics?

2. Who wrote "The Letters"?

3. In "War: What, Is It Good?" what is the second step in warfare & pandemics?

4. In "Report on Migration of Roes," what is the answer to the question, "What are you doing now in Panpax"?

5. In "Report on Migration of Roes," what is "panpax" a meshing of?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part IV, what are "Roes"?

2. In Part IV, what is "Pandem" a metaphor for?

3. In "War: What, Is It Good?" what did the British pioneer in WWI?

4. In "The Fellowship," what should come before war?

5. What is one thing Roy Underwood Plummer did in the poem "The Soldiers (or Plummer)"?

6. How many people did the 1918 Influenza pandemic kill?

7. In "Fury & Faith," what does Gorman say we owe to ourselfs?

8. In "Fury & Faith," what are as destructive as any disease?

9. In "Gated," what is one perspective on social distance?

10. In "Displacement," what differs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Who are some literary influences that Gorman references throughout this collection, and how does she use their work and/or their ideas in her own poems? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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