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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) Horseback riding.
(b) Carriage.
(c) Car.
(d) Train.

2. What award was given to the author for Live or Die?
(a) The Pushcart Prize.
(b) The Nobel Prize.
(c) The Pulitzer Prize.
(d) The Edgar Allen Poe Prize.

3. What aspect of childhood does "The Bells" reflect on?
(a) Friendships.
(b) School.
(c) Innocence.
(d) The relationship with grandparents.

4. What point of view is "The House" written in?
(a) First-person.
(b) Second-person.
(c) Third-person.
(d) It is unclear.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sections are in "The Operation"?

2. How is marriage portrayed in "Man and Wife"?

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

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

5. When does "You All Know the Story of the Other Woman" take place?

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