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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 the deepest secret shared in I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart)?
(a) He is in love.
(b) He knows she is unfaithful.
(c) He is gay.
(d) He has been unfaithful.

2. Who wrote When He Pressed His Lips?
(a) Emily Dickinson.
(b) Steve Kowit.
(c) Virginia Wolf.
(d) William Yeates.

3. What does the man in To His Mistress Going to Bed say a woman needs to cover her at night?
(a) A man.
(b) Hair.
(c) Passion.
(d) A sheet.

4. What is the tone of I Do Not Love Thee?
(a) Anticipatory.
(b) Giddy.
(c) Loving.
(d) Sardonic.

5. How long is Emily Dickinson's poem about breaking up?
(a) 10 words.
(b) 2 stanzas.
(c) 3 stanzas.
(d) 1 page.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote The Philosopher?

2. What is the occupation of the woman in In An Iridescent Time?

3. What does Kennedy say defines a mother's character?

4. Who wrote May I Feel Said He?

5. How does Margaret Walker describe her grandmothers in Lineage?

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