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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 25 - 51).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who looks like a movie star in "Everyone Else's Sex Life"?
(a) Rich people.
(b) Only moviestars.
(c) Gymnasts.
(d) No one.

2. Who were the scythians in the poem "Digging Up the Scythians"?
(a) Queens.
(b) Warrior women and dagger girls.
(c) Kings.
(d) Servants.

3. What does the speaker implore the reader to do in the last stanza of "Late Poems"?
(a) Turn up the radio.
(b) Turn up the light.
(c) Turn down the bedcovers.
(d) Turn down the music.

4. Which of the speaker's cats was smart enough to evade the vet in the poem "Ghost Cat"?
(a) The tabby one.
(b) The black one.
(c) The white one.
(d) The calico.

5. What was standing there when the door was opened in Part 3 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) Sunset.
(b) Desire.
(c) Death.
(d) Life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is caught in the glare of your stare in the poem "Betrayal"?

2. Why do people give others souvenirs from vacations in the poem "Souvenir"?

3. What could the speaker do to save her sister if this were a story in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?

4. What question does the speaker wonder about her dead sister in Part 7 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?

5. What do the hinges of the speaker's joints creak like in the poem "The Tin Woodwoman Gets a Massage"?

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