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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Live or Die.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the speaker with in "The Fortress"?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) Her son.
(c) She is alone.
(d) Her husband.

2. How many poems are in Part 2 of the author's first book of poetry?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Seven.

3. What is the subject of "Those Times"?
(a) Sexual abuse.
(b) Mental illness.
(c) Divorce.
(d) Death.

4. Part I of the author's first book of poetry deals with the trauma of what?
(a) Her first Christmas alone.
(b) Her struggle with radiation treatment.
(c) Losing custody of her children.
(d) Her hospitalization.

5. The poem "You, Doctor Martin" puts the reader where?
(a) In her empty home.
(b) In Taft Cemetery and Memorial Gardens.
(c) Into Bedlam.
(d) Into the author's surgical suite.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the tone of "Sylvia's Death"?

2. How many sections are in "The Operation"?

3. Who is the author of The Complete Poems?

4. What is the speaker addicted to in "The Addict"?

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

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