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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the subject of the author's first book of poetry?
(a) The death of the author's mother.
(b) The author's first battle with cancer.
(c) The author's first mental breakdown.
(d) The author's divorce.

2. Who does the speaker's daughter cry out for when she is in an accident in "Pain for a Daughter"?
(a) Her father.
(b) She does not cry out.
(c) Her mother (the speaker).
(d) God.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main focus of Part 1 of All My Pretty Ones?

2. What changes does "The Double Image" follow?

3. Who does the author decide to endure the pains of life for in the last poem in Live or Die?

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

5. What is the subject of "Those Times"?

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