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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Biblical story is retold in "Jesus Walking"?
(a) The Crucifixion.
(b) The temptation of Christ by the Devil.
(c) The Israelites wandering in the desert.
(d) Christ walking on water.

2. What happens as the author tries to achieve an escape?
(a) Nothing changes.
(b) She relies on her children's love to keep her going.
(c) She sinks further down.
(d) She finds comfort in where she is.

3. What is the speaker addicted to in "The Addict"?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Prescription pills.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Self-mutilation.

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

5. How many sections are in "The Operation"?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose quote inspired The Awful Rowing Toward God?

2. How many poems are under the title The Last Poems?

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

4. What is the first poem in Part 1 of All My Pretty Ones?

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

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