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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 44).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Fugue," how do we fall into the news?
(a) With longing.
(b) With angst.
(c) Head-first, dread-first.
(d) With happiness.

2. In "Ship's Manifest," which of the following does Gorman compare the book to?
(a) A message in a bottle.
(b) A light.
(c) A religious experience.
(d) A sing.

3. In "At First," what did we not expect when we asked how others were faring?
(a) A song.
(b) An honest or full response.
(c) A farm.
(d) A job.

4. In "Essex I," what book did the tragedy involving the Essex inspire?
(a) Nickolas Nickleby.
(b) The Friend.
(c) The Soldier.
(d) Moby Dick.

5. In "Another Nautical," what are words like, in a similar way to water?
(a) A type of loving.
(b) A type of dying.
(c) A type of finding.
(d) A type of washing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "At First," what did we become paid professionals of?

2. In "& So," how does grief leave when it goes?

3. In "Another Nautical," what do we forget, like the water?

4. In "At First," how do we find the rhetoric of reunion?

5. In "At First," what are our sentences as stilted as?

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