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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the author of The Complete Poems?

3. Why is the speaker hospitalized in "The Break"?

4. What is the weather in "Song for a Lady"?

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

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