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In order for full tense agreement, it should be:

"How did you know you were alive, unless you'd once been dead?"

According to this other ELU questionthis other ELU question, "you're" cannot be short for "you were".

In order for full tense agreement, it should be:

"How did you know you were alive, unless you'd once been dead?"

According to this other ELU question, "you're" cannot be short for "you were".

In order for full tense agreement, it should be:

"How did you know you were alive, unless you'd once been dead?"

According to this other ELU question, "you're" cannot be short for "you were".

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In order for full tense agreement, it should be:

"How did you know you were alive, unless you'd once been dead?"

According to this other ELU question, "you're" cannot be short for "you were".