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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the subject of "Those Times"?
(a) Divorce.
(b) Death.
(c) Sexual abuse.
(d) Mental illness.

3. "Kind Sir: These Woods" is a meditation on becoming what?
(a) Lost.
(b) An adult.
(c) Found.
(d) A child again.

4. In what year did the author receive an award for Live or Die?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1963.

5. How many poems are in the first part of All My Pretty Ones?
(a) Ten.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Nine.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. "Torn Down From Glory Daily" draws a parallel between animal hunger and ______.

4. "Music Swims Back To Me" presents an irony of the freedom where?

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

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