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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who does the speaker identify with in "Consorting With Angels"?
(a) The Virgin Mary.
(b) Joan of Arc.
(c) Sylvia Plath.
(d) Mary Magdalen.

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

5. What changes does "The Double Image" follow?
(a) Career.
(b) Family.
(c) Life.
(d) Seasonal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is "For the Year of the Insane" directed to?

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

3. What is the subject of "The Operation"?

4. Who is the speaker traveling to see in the poem "Flight"?

5. How are the poems arranged in Live or Die?

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