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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 45 - 87).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Memorial," what do we do when we tell a story?
(a) Honoring a relative.
(b) Hearing ourselves.
(c) Living memory.
(d) Finding community.

2. What does the last line of "Call Us" implore the reader to do?
(a) Call us what we carry.
(b) Call us what we sing.
(c) Call us what we need.
(d) Call us what we know.

3. In "& So," what it is easy to do?
(a) Find.
(b) Harp.
(c) Heal.
(d) Flee.

4. In "Cordage, or Atonement," what animal are we?
(a) The badger.
(b) The whale.
(c) The dog.
(d) The bird.

5. In "Pan," how does the poet describe Pandora's box?
(a) As a necessity.
(b) As a jar left ajar.
(c) As a misnomer.
(d) As a movie.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Fugue," how do we fall into the news?

2. Who does the poet mention by name in "Pre-Memory?"

3. In "Pan," what does pandemic mean?

4. In "Good Grief," what is the origin of the word trauma?

5. In "Back to the Past," what will bleed us at times?

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