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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the speaker traveling to see in the poem "Flight"?
(a) Her best friend.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her mother.

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

3. What part of the speaker's body is personified in "The Touch"?
(a) Her hand.
(b) Her back.
(c) Her foot.
(d) Her neck.

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

5. What is the first poem in Part 1 of All My Pretty Ones?
(a) "The Black Art."
(b) "All My Pretty Ones."
(c) "Lament."
(d) "The Truth the Dead Know."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the speaker's daughter cry out for when she is in an accident in "Pain for a Daughter"?

2. "In Celebration of My Uterus" celebrates what?

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

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

5. In what time frame does "Letter Written During a January Northeaster" take place?

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