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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who interferes with the speaker's prayers in "Praying on a 707"?
(a) Her mother.
(b) The pilot.
(c) A flight attendant.
(d) The passenger seated next to her.

2. Who is "For the Year of the Insane" directed to?
(a) John Hughes.
(b) Ted Hughes.
(c) The Virgin Mary.
(d) Sylvia Plath.

3. How many sections are in "The Furies"?
(a) Seven.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

4. What is the subject of "Your Face on the Dog's Neck" doing?
(a) Playing with the dog.
(b) Napping with the dog.
(c) Fighting with the dog.
(d) Sitting with the dog.

5. Who is the subject of "Your Face on the Dog's Neck"?
(a) The speaker's cat.
(b) The speaker herself.
(c) The speaker's lover.
(d) The speaker's daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is marriage portrayed in "Man and Wife"?

2. Where does the title for the first poem in Live or Die come from?

3. Where do the poems come from in Transformations?

4. How many messiahs is Mary pregnant with in "Mary's Song"?

5. What is the last poem in Live or Die?

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