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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 174 - 211).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Shallows," how do we stand?
(a) Suspiciously.
(b) Stone-still.
(c) Raucously.
(d) Moving.

2. In "Alarum," how does the poet describe us?
(a) As the future.
(b) As the past.
(c) As the loud toll on this planet.
(d) As the present.

3. In "Displacement," what are we taught differs in physics?
(a) Displacement and distance.
(b) Speed and weight.
(c) Right and wrong.
(d) Rivers and seas.

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

5. In "Cut," what is there no meek way to do?
(a) Mend.
(b) Buy things.
(c) Eat.
(d) Fight.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Lighthouse," what is no human to us in the last line?

2. In "The Donohue Family Ledgers," what can our common era tell?

3. In "The Miracle of Morning," what can not be broken, even if it bends?

4. In "The Truth In One Nation," what did we think our country would do?

5. In "Monomyth," who speaks center stage in Scene 4?

(see the answer key)

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