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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Lighthouse," what is no human to us in the last line?
(a) A lover.
(b) A friend.
(c) A winner.
(d) A stranger.

2. In "Pre-Memory," what is trauma like?
(a) An enemy.
(b) A season.
(c) A reason.
(d) A friend.

3. In "Compass," what is there no better compass than?
(a) Ownership.
(b) Help.
(c) Friendliness.
(d) Compassion.

4. In "Captive," what floods the streets?
(a) Friends.
(b) Animals.
(c) Water.
(d) Trees.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Pre-Memory," how does every memory start?

2. In "Cut," what is there no meek way to do?

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

4. In "Alarum," what does the poet say we are writing as?

5. In "Lucent," what is the most beautiful star?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Vale of the Shadow of Death," what did the Chinese Exclusion Act do?

2. In "& So," how does Gorman describe grief?

3. What does Gorman say would be a blessing for our children in the poem "What We Did in the Time Being"?

4. What does Gorman say we truly mean by "goodbye" in the poem "Fugue"?

5. In "Aborescent II," what does Gorman say we are always scoping out with our bodies?

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

7. In "Lucent," what do our shadows play tricks on?

8. In "Compass," when does Gorman say we are only legible?

9. What will sometimes bleed with us in the poem "Back to the Past"?

10. What does Gorman say is the origin of the word "trauma" in "Good Grief"?

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