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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year were the letters written that inspired "Walking in Paris"?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1882.
(d) 1910.

2. Who is the subject of "Somewhere in Africa"?
(a) Sylvia Plath.
(b) John Holmes.
(c) Ted Hughes.
(d) T. S. Eliot.

3. What is the speaker addicted to in "The Addict"?
(a) Self-mutilation.
(b) Prescription pills.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Poetry.

4. Who does the author decide to endure the pains of life for in the last poem in Live or Die?
(a) The people she loves most.
(b) Her parents.
(c) Her poetry.
(d) Herself.

5. What is the title of the poem "Rats Live On No Evil Star" based on?
(a) A nonsensical phrase her daughter said.
(b) A nursery rhyme.
(c) A palindrome.
(d) A fragment of a dream.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last story in Transformations?

2. What theme does the author explore in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"?

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

4. Where do the poems come from in Transformations?

5. Who releases Iron Hans from his cage in "Iron Hans"?

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