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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Sharon Olds feel about her son in Socks?
(a) She is afraid of him.
(b) She regrets having him.
(c) She loves him.
(d) She resents him.

2. What advice does Nash give in A Word to Husbands?
(a) To sleep well.
(b) To thank the wife for everything.
(c) To never cheat.
(d) To admit when they are wrong.

3. What literary device is used heavily in To Margo?
(a) Cacauphony.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Irony.
(d) Allusion.

4. What is wrong with the husband in I'm Going to Georgia?
(a) He is cheating.
(b) He is sick.
(c) He is poor.
(d) He is a drunk.

5. What does Yeats fear in A Cradle Song?
(a) The loss of innocence.
(b) The responsibility of having a child.
(c) Losing his wife to his child.
(d) Losing his child to death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is being written to in Letters from Storyville?

2. What do female poets often support?

3. In Jamesian, what could the couple communicate?

4. What does Wendy Cope think little else of?

5. Who wrote May I Feel Said He?

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