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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Love Poems.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the purpose of "For My Lover, Returning to His Wife"?
(a) To give an ultamatum.
(b) To remind the lover where his loyalties lie.
(c) To entice the lover to stay longer.
(d) To say goodbye.

2. What is the speaker doing in "The Fortress"?
(a) Making dinner.
(b) Praying.
(c) Taking a nap.
(d) Bathing her child.

3. What kind of accident is the subject of "Pain for a Daughter"?
(a) Horseback riding.
(b) Train.
(c) Car.
(d) Carriage.

4. "Music Swims Back To Me" is a reflection on the speaker's immersion in what?
(a) Medical interventions.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Mental collapse.
(d) Family.

5. What is the last poem in Live or Die?
(a) "Self in 1958."
(b) "The Addict."
(c) "Live."
(d) "Die."

Short Answer Questions

1. What conclusion does the speaker come to in "For My Lover, Returning to His Wife"?

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

3. Where does the woman in "Moon Song, Woman Song" live?

4. When does "You All Know the Story of the Other Woman" take place?

5. What myth does the author rethink in "To a Friend Whose Work Has Come To Triumph"?

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