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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 is represented as a pair of applauding hands in "Two Hands"?
(a) God.
(b) Humanity.
(c) Faith.
(d) Doubt.

2. When was The Awful Rowing Toward God published?
(a) The year after the author's death.
(b) The year of the author's divorce.
(c) The year of the author's death.
(d) The year before the author's death.

3. What is the purpose of "For My Lover, Returning to His Wife"?
(a) To remind the lover where his loyalties lie.
(b) To say goodbye.
(c) To entice the lover to stay longer.
(d) To give an ultamatum.

4. Who does the speaker identify with in "Consorting With Angels"?
(a) Sylvia Plath.
(b) Mary Magdalen.
(c) The Virgin Mary.
(d) Joan of Arc.

5. What is an obsession seen in the author's work that can be seen as the opposite of her other obsession?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Death.
(c) Family.
(d) Hunger.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the speaker tortured by in "The Room of My Life"?

3. Who visits the speaker in "Sweeney"?

4. What award was given to the author for Live or Die?

5. Who is "For the Year of the Insane" directed to?

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