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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through All My Pretty Ones.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Music Swims Back To Me" is a reflection on the speaker's immersion in what?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Family.
(c) Mental collapse.
(d) Medical interventions.

2. How many parts is "The Double Image" divided into?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

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

4. In "For Eleanor Boylan Talking With God," what does the speaker witness a woman doing?
(a) Laughing.
(b) Praying.
(c) Weeping.
(d) Dying.

5. Where is "The Double Image" set?
(a) A hospital.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Paris.
(d) New England.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second poem in Part 5 of All My Pretty Ones?

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

3. In what time frame does "Letter Written During a January Northeaster" take place?

4. What is the subject of the author's first book of poetry?

5. "With Mercy For the Greedy" makes a statement about art as what?

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