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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. What does Plummer say whites do not love in "The Soldiers (or Plummer)"?

2. In "Fury & Faith," what do we owe to the fallen?

3. In "Report on Migration of Roes," where are the Roes moving?

4. In "The Donohue Family Ledgers," what can our common era tell?

5. In "War: What, Is It Good?" what is there no such thing as?

Short Essay Questions

1. What time period does "Letter From a Nurse" come from?

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

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

4. In "Displacement," what differs?

5. What article is "DC Putsch" taken from?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

What kind of imagery and themes does Gorman build around the idea of ships and shipwrecks throughout the collection? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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