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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the title for the first poem in Live or Die come from?
(a) A book about the solar system.
(b) A song by Sara Bareilles.
(c) The title of the book.
(d) A nursery rhyme.

2. Who does "The Starry Night" borrow a quote from?
(a) Degas.
(b) Monet.
(c) Van Gogh.
(d) Picasso.

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

4. What is the second poem in Part 5 of All My Pretty Ones?
(a) "Old."
(b) "Water."
(c) "Woman with Girdle."
(d) "The Hangman."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the author decide to endure the pains of life for in the last poem in Live or Die?

2. How many poems are in the first part of All My Pretty Ones?

3. "Music Swims Back To Me" is a reflection on the speaker's immersion in what?

4. Who is "For the Year of the Insane" directed to?

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

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