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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 poem entitled "blowing up" (177) Anderson states that victims of intercourse-free sexual violence are entitled to have attention paid to what?

2. One of Anderson's guesses regarding a particular person's choice to pull the fire alarm had to do with the culprit being what "as hell"?

3. The poem "tsunami" depicts how many survivors of sexual violence struggling to metaphorically keep their heads above water?

4. On what kind of farm did Anderson work as an adolescent?

5. In what language does Anderson say she often dreams?

Short Essay Questions

1. Whom does Anderson credit with teaching her everything she knows about (170) her “responsibility to [her] readers”?

2. How does the theme of isolation enter the part of the memoir dealing with Anderson’s time at Georgetown University?

3. Who is Danuta Danielsson and what is the significance of her introduction?

4. How does the theme of family bonds enter the part of the memoir about Anderson’s return home from Denmark?

5. How does the theme of class difference arise within the poem entitled “sweet-and-sour tea” (142)?

6. How does the motif of dreams enter Anderson’s poetry memoir?

7. What two elements does Anderson contrast within the poem “triptych” (210) and for what purpose?

8. What metaphor does Anderson use to depict her return to the United States after her time in Denmark?

9. How does Anderson instill suspense into a particular moment within her poetry memoir?

10. In what way does Anderson characterize the way in which her life and her stories intersect?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Anderson’s use of Aristotle's appeals within the text of SHOUT. How does Anderson use ethos, pathos, and logos within her verse memoir in order to persuade the reader of key messages central to the work's goals?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how and why Anderson instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of SHOUT.

Essay Topic 3

In what way does Anderson herald and/or denigrate the use of coping mechanisms in dealing with trauma and how does Anderson’s treatment of this topic relate to the poetry memoir's depicted messages?

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