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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) She is alone.
(b) Her son.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Her husband.

2. What is the title of the author's first book of poetry?
(a) Kind Sir: These Woods.
(b) The Moss of His Skin.
(c) Elizabeth Gone.
(d) To Bedlam and Part Way Back.

3. Who does the speaker encounter on a ferry in "Letter Written On a Ferry While Crossing Long Island Sound"?
(a) A priest.
(b) Nuns.
(c) A childhood friend.
(d) A clown.

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

5. What is the first poem in Part 1 of All My Pretty Ones?
(a) "The Truth the Dead Know."
(b) "Lament."
(c) "All My Pretty Ones."
(d) "The Black Art."

Short Answer Questions

1. In "For Eleanor Boylan Talking With God," what does the speaker witness a woman doing?

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

3. Where is "The Double Image" set?

4. What does the speaker pledge in "The Fortress"?

5. What is the subject of "Those Times"?

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