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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 author of The Complete Poems?
(a) Ted Hughes.
(b) Edgar Lee Masters.
(c) Sylvia Plath.
(d) Anne Sexton.

2. How is marriage portrayed in "Man and Wife"?
(a) A career like any other.
(b) A blessed escape.
(c) A dismal trap.
(d) Playing house eternally.

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

4. What is the subject of "Elizabeth Gone"?
(a) Death.
(b) Birth.
(c) Sex.
(d) Reunion.

5. What type of poem is "For the Year of the Insane"?
(a) A blurb.
(b) A eulogy.
(c) An epitaph.
(d) A prayer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first poem in Live or Die?

2. "With Mercy For the Greedy" is a rebuttal to a friend's suggestion that the speaker should seek what?

3. What is the title of the author's first book of poetry?

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

5. "Torn Down From Glory Daily" describes an encounter with a group of what?

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