The Complete Poems Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Complete Poems Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did the author receive an award for Live or Die?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1967.

2. "The Bells" ponders about the search for love and acceptance from whom?
(a) A mother figure.
(b) A childhood friend.
(c) God.
(d) A father figure.

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

4. What is the first poem in Part 1 of All My Pretty Ones?
(a) "Lament."
(b) "The Truth the Dead Know."
(c) "The Black Art."
(d) "All My Pretty Ones."

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

6. Who does the speaker encounter on a ferry in "Letter Written On a Ferry While Crossing Long Island Sound"?
(a) A childhood friend.
(b) Nuns.
(c) A clown.
(d) A priest.

7. How many parts is "The Double Image" divided into?
(a) Four.
(b) Seven.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

8. What is the lover compared to in "Mr. Mine"?
(a) An architect.
(b) A kitten.
(c) A carnival ride operator.
(d) A therapist.

9. What is the tone of "Moon Song, Woman Song"?
(a) Loving.
(b) Hard.
(c) Nightmarish.
(d) Dreamy.

10. What award was given to the author for Live or Die?
(a) The Pulitzer Prize.
(b) The Edgar Allen Poe Prize.
(c) The Nobel Prize.
(d) The Pushcart Prize.

11. What does "Elizabeth Gone" explore as the possibility of an escape?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Education.
(c) Parenthood.
(d) Death.

12. What play is the source for the title All My Pretty Ones?
(a) The Taming of the Shrew.
(b) Richard III.
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) Macbeth.

13. What is the subject of "The Operation"?
(a) Amputation.
(b) Lobotomy.
(c) Abortion.
(d) Biopsy.

14. When does "You All Know the Story of the Other Woman" take place?
(a) At the beginning of an affair.
(b) At the end of an affair.
(c) In the middle of an affair.
(d) At a chance meeting between a mistress and her lover's wife.

15. "With Mercy For the Greedy" makes a statement about art as what?
(a) Religion.
(b) Sin.
(c) Forgiveness.
(d) Salvation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is "The Double Image" set?

2. "Torn Down From Glory Daily" describes an encounter with a group of what?

3. What myth does the author rethink in "To a Friend Whose Work Has Come To Triumph"?

4. "Music Swims Back To Me" presents an irony of the freedom where?

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

(see the answer keys)

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