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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Death Notebooks.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the maiden's replacement hands made of in "The Maiden Without Hands"?
(a) Gold.
(b) Wood.
(c) Bronze.
(d) Silver.

2. What type of poem is "For the Year of the Insane"?
(a) A prayer.
(b) A eulogy.
(c) An epitaph.
(d) A blurb.

3. In what year did the author receive an award for Live or Die?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1963.

4. What kind of poems are the collection "O Ye Tongues"?
(a) Epitaphs.
(b) Haiku.
(c) Odes.
(d) Psalms.

5. What is the purpose of "Somewhere in Africa"?
(a) A eulogistic farewell.
(b) A meditation on mental escapism.
(c) An expression of the author's desire to travel.
(d) A letter while on safari.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the time frame in which the poems of Live or Die were written?

2. Whose death does the author recount in "The Death Baby"?

3. Who interferes with the speaker's prayers in "Praying on a 707"?

4. What is the subject of "Your Face on the Dog's Neck" doing?

5. What award was given to the author for Live or Die?

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