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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 is Valentine rhymed with in A Very Valentine?
(a) All of these.
(b) Divine.
(c) Mine.
(d) Fine.

2. What kind of love does Wendy Cope describe?
(a) Obsessive.
(b) Passionate.
(c) New.
(d) Impressionistic.

3. What does Dorothy Parker warn women of vowing?
(a) Fidelity.
(b) Attraction at all ages.
(c) Eternal Love.
(d) Endless Passion.

4. What does Richard Wilbur realize his woman wants in The Catch?
(a) Approval.
(b) Adoration.
(c) A dress.
(d) Respect.

5. How does the woman in The Philosopher think she should love?
(a) Compassionately.
(b) Passionately.
(c) Endlessly.
(d) Wisely.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Caroline say becomes extraordinary in love?

2. Whom does Seamus Haney write to in In Memoriam MKH (1911-1984)?

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

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

5. How does Kennedy describe having children?

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