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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Death and Grief.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who kills the man in The Eaten Heart?
(a) The jilted husband.
(b) The angry wife.
(c) The lonely child.
(d) The abused brother.

2. What does the woman in The Philosopher wonder about?
(a) Where this man went to in his heart.
(b) How to get this man to love her.
(c) How to break up with this man.
(d) Shy she continues to love this man.

3. What brought about early bedtime in Grown-up?
(a) Sickness.
(b) Father.
(c) Tantrums.
(d) The sun.

4. Who does Kennedy say faces the greatest challenge in life?
(a) Those who never let go.
(b) Those who have nobody to let go of.
(c) Those who involuntarily reach solitude.
(d) Those who never become independent.

5. What does the person in Keeping Things Whole realize when he is alone?
(a) How little he means.
(b) How he can reach his goals.
(c) How he balances the world.
(d) How his love has affected him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sylvia Plath lose in Face Lift?

2. What is Hero and Leander?

3. How does Sharon Olds feel about her son in Socks?

4. What did Roger want most when he was with Monika?

5. What does Kennedy say mothers do to give their children power?

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