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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "For John, Who Begs Me Not To Enquire Further" is a defense against whom?
(a) The author's teacher.
(b) The author's mother.
(c) The author's father.
(d) The author's doctor.

2. What is the last poem in Live or Die?
(a) "Self in 1958."
(b) "Live."
(c) "The Addict."
(d) "Die."

3. What is explored in "The Double Image"?
(a) Legacy.
(b) Duty.
(c) Love.
(d) Abandonment.

4. Who does the speaker's daughter cry out for when she is in an accident in "Pain for a Daughter"?
(a) Her mother (the speaker).
(b) Her father.
(c) She does not cry out.
(d) God.

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

6. "Torn Down From Glory Daily" describes an encounter with a group of what?
(a) Ducks.
(b) Crows.
(c) Chickens.
(d) Gulls.

7. What type of poem is "For the Year of the Insane"?
(a) A prayer.
(b) A blurb.
(c) An epitaph.
(d) A eulogy.

8. How many parts is All My Pretty Ones divided into?
(a) Four.
(b) Seven.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

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

10. Who does "The Starry Night" borrow a quote from?
(a) Monet.
(b) Van Gogh.
(c) Degas.
(d) Picasso.

11. Where is the speaker of "It Is a Spring Afternoon" waiting?
(a) In a tree.
(b) In bed.
(c) On a bridge.
(d) Under a bridge.

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

13. What is the subject of "Barefoot"?
(a) Sexual tease.
(b) Honeymoon.
(c) Pregnancy.
(d) A forbidden rendevous.

14. What is the purpose of poetry in "The Black Art"?
(a) Companion.
(b) Spiritual mentor.
(c) Catharsis.
(d) Salvation.

15. Who bathes in the river in "It Is a Spring Afternoon"?
(a) The speaker's lover.
(b) The speaker's husband.
(c) The speaker.
(d) Blind men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of "For My Lover, Returning to His Wife"?

2. In what time frame does "Letter Written During a January Northeaster" take place?

3. What is the time frame in which the poems of Live or Die were written?

4. How many poems are in Part 3 of All My Pretty Ones?

5. What is the subject of "The Operation"?

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