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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 90 - 131).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Another Nautical," what do we forget, like the water?
(a) Men.
(b) Friends.
(c) Workers.
(d) Nothing.

2. In "Back to the Past," what will bleed us at times?
(a) Our friends.
(b) Our soil.
(c) Our blessings.
(d) Our jobs.

3. What does Plummer say whites do not love in "The Soldiers (or Plummer)"?
(a) Playing.
(b) Mixing.
(c) Sharing.
(d) Eating.

4. In "Lucent," what is the most beautiful star?
(a) Nothing but a monster.
(b) A friend.
(c) A lover.
(d) A mirage.

5. What is behind us in "Ship's Manifest"?
(a) The unknowable.
(b) The worst.
(c) The best.
(d) The in-between.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Good Grief," what were we once barbed and brutal as?

2. In "War: What, Is It Good?" what do both viruses and wars do?

3. In "Erasure," what are erasure poems?

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

5. In "War: What, Is It Good?" what does the poet say about writing our stories?

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