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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What play is the source for the title All My Pretty Ones?
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) The Taming of the Shrew.
(c) Richard III.
(d) Macbeth.

2. What is the subject of "Those Times"?
(a) Divorce.
(b) Sexual abuse.
(c) Death.
(d) Mental illness.

3. What myth does the author rethink in "To a Friend Whose Work Has Come To Triumph"?
(a) Icarus.
(b) Odysseus.
(c) Persephone.
(d) Hercules.

4. The poem "You, Doctor Martin" puts the reader where?
(a) Into the author's surgical suite.
(b) In Taft Cemetery and Memorial Gardens.
(c) In her empty home.
(d) Into Bedlam.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the speaker addicted to in "The Addict"?

2. What is the subject of "Your Face on the Dog's Neck" doing?

3. Who does the speaker encounter on a ferry in "Letter Written On a Ferry While Crossing Long Island Sound"?

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

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

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