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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 "The Truth In One Nation," what is a luxury?

2. In "Report on Migration of Roes," what did people report wanting most in Pandem?

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

4. In "Fury & Faith," what is the point of protest?

5. In "Selma Epp," how old was Daniel?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In "Gated," what does it mean to be alone?

4. Who wrote the stanza in "The Letters"?

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

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

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

8. In "Displacement," what differs?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Gorman use water as a symbol and a sign throughout this collection? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What points does Gorman make about the legacy of racism in America? 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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