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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 is killed the same day that the speaker receives a visitor in "Sweeney"?
(a) The author's sister.
(b) The author's cousin.
(c) The author's brother.
(d) The author's neighbor.

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

3. What is the subject of "Those Times"?
(a) Sexual abuse.
(b) Mental illness.
(c) Divorce.
(d) Death.

4. What does the speaker cast off in the poem "Self in 1958"?
(a) Her guilt.
(b) Poet/artist stereotypes.
(c) Her family.
(d) Traditional female roles.

5. What is the subject of "Your Face on the Dog's Neck" doing?
(a) Playing with the dog.
(b) Napping with the dog.
(c) Fighting with the dog.
(d) Sitting with the dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. "The Interrogation of the Man of Many Hearts" is a poetic dialogue between the speaker and who?

2. Who does the speaker's daughter cry out for when she is in an accident in "Pain for a Daughter"?

3. What part of the speaker's body is personified in "The Touch"?

4. One of the titles of the Posthumously Published Work is 45 ______ Street.

5. In "For Eleanor Boylan Talking With God," what does the speaker witness a woman doing?

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