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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through How to Live.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of imagery is used in The Passionate Shepherd to His Love?
(a) Natural.
(b) Fantasy.
(c) Emotional.
(d) Abstract.

3. Where do most of the men work in Night Waitress?
(a) Factories.
(b) The Army.
(c) The rail road.
(d) Offices.

4. What is I'm Going to Georgia?
(a) A folk song.
(b) A prose poem.
(c) An anthem.
(d) A tribute.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the person in We Know This Much know that death is not a good thing?

2. Whom does Caroline say her aunts wanted to look like?

3. How does the woman in The Philosopher think she should love?

4. Why can't the woman in The Widow's Lament in Springtime feel happy in the spring?

5. What does Bernadette Mayer want to buy for her friend?

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