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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Love Poems.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the subject of "Your Face on the Dog's Neck"?
(a) The speaker's lover.
(b) The speaker's daughter.
(c) The speaker herself.
(d) The speaker's cat.

2. What kind of accident is the subject of "Pain for a Daughter"?
(a) Carriage.
(b) Train.
(c) Horseback riding.
(d) Car.

3. How is marriage portrayed in "Man and Wife"?
(a) A dismal trap.
(b) Playing house eternally.
(c) A blessed escape.
(d) A career like any other.

4. What is the purpose of "Somewhere in Africa"?
(a) A meditation on mental escapism.
(b) An expression of the author's desire to travel.
(c) A letter while on safari.
(d) A eulogistic farewell.

5. How is God portrayed in "For God While Sleeping"?
(a) As a woman.
(b) As a loved one who has recently died.
(c) As a senile old man.
(d) As a newborn infant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first poem in Part 1 of All My Pretty Ones?

2. "Music Swims Back To Me" presents an irony of the freedom where?

3. Who bathes in the river in "It Is a Spring Afternoon"?

4. "Torn Down From Glory Daily" describes an encounter with a group of what?

5. Who does the speaker encounter on a ferry in "Letter Written On a Ferry While Crossing Long Island Sound"?

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