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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. What must be found in "Kind Sir: These Woods"?
(a) Oneself.
(b) Maturity.
(c) Childlike innocence.
(d) Nature.

2. What is the sister poem to "The Double Image"?
(a) "The Moss of His Skin."
(b) "Torn Down From Glory Daily."
(c) "The Division of Parts."
(d) "A Story For Rose On the Midnight Flight To Boston."

3. What does "Elizabeth Gone" explore as the possibility of an escape?
(a) Death.
(b) Education.
(c) Parenthood.
(d) Marriage.

4. What family relationship is explored in Part 2 of the author's first book of poetry?
(a) Mother-daughter.
(b) Father-daughter.
(c) Mother-son.
(d) Husband-wife.

5. "Music Swims Back To Me" presents an irony of the freedom where?
(a) In a hospital room.
(b) Parenthood.
(c) Confined to a home.
(d) In an asylum.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does the speaker encounter on a ferry in "Letter Written On a Ferry While Crossing Long Island Sound"?

3. How is God portrayed in "For God While Sleeping"?

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

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

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