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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does the title for the first poem in Live or Die come from?
(a) A book about the solar system.
(b) A song by Sara Bareilles.
(c) A nursery rhyme.
(d) The title of the book.

3. What is the speaker addicted to in "The Addict"?
(a) Self-mutilation.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Prescription pills.
(d) Poetry.

4. What is the time frame in which the poems of Live or Die were written?
(a) 1960-1965.
(b) 1960-1962.
(c) 1962-1966.
(d) 1958-1962.

5. What does "Elizabeth Gone" explore as the possibility of an escape?
(a) Death.
(b) Parenthood.
(c) Education.
(d) Marriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What point of view is "The House" written in?

2. In what month does "Eighteen Days Without You" take place?

3. What is the title of the author's first book of poetry?

4. What kind of accident is the subject of "Pain for a Daughter"?

5. How many poems are in the first part of All My Pretty Ones?

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