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

2. Who wrote In An Iridescent Time?
(a) Emily Dickinson.
(b) Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
(c) Ruth Stone.
(d) Gwendolyn Brooks.

3. 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 his love has affected him.
(d) How he balances the world.

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

5. Where is the mother's placed in Woman's Work?
(a) The yard.
(b) Her art.
(c) The housework.
(d) Her children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Corrina's Going A Maying?

2. What does Caroline say becomes extraordinary in love?

3. How does Kennedy describe the person she talks about in the introduction to beauty?

4. Who wrote When He Pressed His Lips?

5. What does the Lover in Song of Solomon feed upon?

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