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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who solves the mystery of "Twelve Dancing Princesses?"?
(a) The king.
(b) A servant.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A prince.

2. Who is the miller's wife having an affair with in "The Little Peasant"?
(a) A sailor.
(b) The blacksmith.
(c) The parson.
(d) The innkeeper.

3. What poem personifies death as a hurried traveler?
(a) "Going Gone."
(b) "The Other."
(c) "The Hex."
(d) "The Assassin."

4. What is the sister poem to "The Double Image"?
(a) "The Division of Parts."
(b) "A Story For Rose On the Midnight Flight To Boston."
(c) "Torn Down From Glory Daily."
(d) "The Moss of His Skin."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subject of "Elizabeth Gone"?

2. What family relationship is explored in Part 2 of the author's first book of poetry?

3. What Biblical story is retold in "Jesus Walking"?

4. "The Hex" describes the connection between the speaker's inability to appreciate happiness and her relationship to who?

5. What does "Elizabeth Gone" explore as the possibility of an escape?

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