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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 "Report on Migration of Roes," how are grief and glass similar?

2. In "Libations," what do we remember, rename, resist, repair, and rouse?

3. In "War: What, Is It Good?" what does it mean to love?

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

5. In "The Donohue Family," what do the Donohues own?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did the Donohue family own in the poems centering on them?

4. What two words does "Panpax" combine?

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

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

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

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

9. In "Displacement," what matters most?

10. In "Roses," what are we sick of?

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

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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