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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Posthumously Published Work.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Part I of the author's first book of poetry deals with the trauma of what?
(a) Losing custody of her children.
(b) Her hospitalization.
(c) Her struggle with radiation treatment.
(d) Her first Christmas alone.

2. How is Jesus depicted in "The Jesus Papers"?
(a) Two-faced.
(b) Humble.
(c) Headstrong.
(d) Smug.

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

4. What does the building represent in "Riding the Elevator Into the Sky"?
(a) Human struggles.
(b) Reincarnation.
(c) Faith.
(d) Human consciousness.

5. "Music Swims Back To Me" is a reflection on the speaker's immersion in what?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Mental collapse.
(c) Family.
(d) Medical interventions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Doctor Martin?

2. What poem is the companion poem to "The Rowing Endeth"?

3. What is the subject of "The Operation"?

4. "Loving the Killer" takes place where?

5. What does Doctor Faustus sell his soul to the devil for in "Faustus and I"?

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