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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the subject of the author's first book of poetry?
(a) The author's first mental breakdown.
(b) The author's divorce.
(c) The author's first battle with cancer.
(d) The death of the author's mother.

2. Who is the speaker traveling to see in the poem "Flight"?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her best friend.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her mother.

3. "The Bells" ponders about the search for love and acceptance from whom?
(a) God.
(b) A father figure.
(c) A childhood friend.
(d) A mother figure.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What point of view is "The House" written in?

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

3. Part I of the author's first book of poetry deals with the trauma of what?

4. What is the purpose of "Somewhere in Africa"?

5. What family relationship is explored in Part 2 of the author's first book of poetry?

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