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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Silence and Solitude.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote A Very Valentine?
(a) Caroline Norton.
(b) W.W. Phelps.
(c) Gertrude Stein.
(d) John Keats.

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

3. Where do most of the men work in Night Waitress?
(a) Factories.
(b) The Army.
(c) The rail road.
(d) Offices.

4. Where does Emily Dickinson hope to seek refuge?
(a) Her bed.
(b) Herself.
(c) Her family.
(d) Her lover.

5. Who wrote I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart)?
(a) Lord Byron.
(b) E.E. Cummings.
(c) Christopher Marlowe.
(d) Andrew Marvel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Valentine rhymed with in A Very Valentine?

2. What is Hero and Leander?

3. What kind of passion does the woman in On Monsieur's Departure want?

4. What is suggested by the man in Proverbs and Song Verse?

5. Where does steady pleasure come from in Fatigue?

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