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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How is God portrayed in "For God While Sleeping"?
(a) As a loved one who has recently died.
(b) As a newborn infant.
(c) As a senile old man.
(d) As a woman.

4. Who is Doctor Martin?
(a) A hospice doctor.
(b) A psychotherapist.
(c) A friend of the author's.
(d) An oncologist.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year were the letters written that inspired "Walking in Paris"?

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

3. What family relationship is explored in Part 2 of the author's first book of poetry?

4. What is the speaker doing in "The Fortress"?

5. What is the speaker addicted to in "The Addict"?

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