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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the author of The Complete Poems?
(a) Edgar Lee Masters.
(b) Anne Sexton.
(c) Sylvia Plath.
(d) Ted Hughes.

3. What conclusion does the speaker come to in "For My Lover, Returning to His Wife"?
(a) Her lover will always return to her.
(b) She was a temporary indulgence.
(c) Her lover will leave his wife.
(d) She can do better.

4. Who is the subject of "Your Face on the Dog's Neck"?
(a) The speaker herself.
(b) The speaker's lover.
(c) The speaker's daughter.
(d) The speaker's cat.

5. What is the first poem in Live or Die?
(a) "And One for My Dame."
(b) "Love Song."
(c) "The Sun."
(d) "Live or Die."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker pledge in "The Fortress"?

2. What is the sister poem to "The Double Image"?

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

4. What myth does the author rethink in "To a Friend Whose Work Has Come To Triumph"?

5. Who bathes in the river in "It Is a Spring Afternoon"?

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