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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 tone of "Moon Song, Woman Song"?
(a) Nightmarish.
(b) Loving.
(c) Dreamy.
(d) Hard.

2. Where does the woman in "Moon Song, Woman Song" live?
(a) Dusk.
(b) Nighttime.
(c) On the star nearest to the moon.
(d) Dawn.

3. Who does the author decide to endure the pains of life for in the last poem in Live or Die?
(a) Herself.
(b) Her parents.
(c) Her poetry.
(d) The people she loves most.

4. What is the main focus of Part 1 of All My Pretty Ones?
(a) The death of the author's grandparents.
(b) The death of the author's parents.
(c) The death of the author's cat.
(d) The death of the author's creativity.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the purpose of poetry in "The Black Art"?

5. What is the author's relationship with the subject of "Somewhere in Africa"?

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