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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kim Addonizio say women want?
(a) A red dress.
(b) Sex.
(c) Respect.
(d) To walk in beauty.

2. Whom does Kennedy talk about in the introduction to the section about beauty?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) His sister.
(d) Her best friend.

3. To what does Linda Pastan compare babies?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Trees.
(c) Birds.
(d) Beets.

4. What does the person in Song want their lover to stop doing?
(a) Getting their hopes up.
(b) Looking for more.
(c) Fighting.
(d) Putting on airs.

5. Who wrote High School Senior?
(a) Sylvia Plath.
(b) Mary Morrison.
(c) Linda Pastan.
(d) Sharon Olds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal is described in The Female of The Species?

2. What does the woman in Lilacs love most?

3. To what does the person in Song compare love?

4. How much money a week does the woman in I Want You Woman Up North to Know make?

5. What kind of love does Wendy Cope describe?

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