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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the first poem in Live or Die?
(a) "The Sun."
(b) "Love Song."
(c) "And One for My Dame."
(d) "Live or Die."

3. What play is the source for the title All My Pretty Ones?
(a) Richard III.
(b) The Taming of the Shrew.
(c) Macbeth.
(d) Romeo and Juliet.

4. What is the purpose of poetry in "The Black Art"?
(a) Spiritual mentor.
(b) Salvation.
(c) Catharsis.
(d) Companion.

5. What is the subject of "The Operation"?
(a) Biopsy.
(b) Lobotomy.
(c) Amputation.
(d) Abortion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker cast off in the poem "Self in 1958"?

2. What must be found in "Kind Sir: These Woods"?

3. How many poems are in Part 3 of All My Pretty Ones?

4. "Kind Sir: These Woods" is a meditation on becoming what?

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

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