View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the speaker doing in "The Fortress"?
(a) Making dinner.
(b) Praying.
(c) Bathing her child.
(d) Taking a nap.

2. What is the last poem in Live or Die?
(a) "Die."
(b) "Self in 1958."
(c) "Live."
(d) "The Addict."

3. What is the author's relationship with the subject of "Somewhere in Africa"?
(a) Wife.
(b) Colleague.
(c) Friend.
(d) Student.

4. How are the poems arranged in Live or Die?
(a) Randomly.
(b) Alphabetically.
(c) In an order selected by the author's daughter.
(d) The order in which they were written.

5. What is the focus of the author's version of "Red Riding Hood"?
(a) The relationship between Red Riding Hood and the woodsman.
(b) The grandmother.
(c) The wolf.
(d) The improbability of the outcome.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what point of view is "It Is a Spring Afternoon" written?

2. Who does the speaker encounter on a ferry in "Letter Written On a Ferry While Crossing Long Island Sound"?

3. What is the purpose of "For My Lover, Returning to His Wife"?

4. What play is the source for the title All My Pretty Ones?

5. What aspect of childhood does "The Bells" reflect on?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 222 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample