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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Posthumously Published Work.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first poem in Live or Die?
(a) "And One for My Dame."
(b) "Love Song."
(c) "Live or Die."
(d) "The Sun."

2. How many parts is "The Double Image" divided into?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

3. What is the tone of "Sylvia's Death"?
(a) Fear.
(b) Peace.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Jealousy.

4. What is the speaker doing in "The Fortress"?
(a) Taking a nap.
(b) Making dinner.
(c) Praying.
(d) Bathing her child.

5. What ability is given to the person who eats a magical snake in "The White Snake"?
(a) The ability to transform others into a white snake.
(b) The ability to communicate with animals.
(c) The ability to transform into a white snake.
(d) The ability to speak to snakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main focus of Part 1 of All My Pretty Ones?

2. "The Hex" describes the connection between the speaker's inability to appreciate happiness and her relationship to who?

3. Where does the speaker find the gods in the poem "Gods"?

4. Who is Transformations dedicated to?

5. Why were the poems in the Posthumously Published Work section not published in other books?

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