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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first poem in Live or Die?
(a) "Love Song."
(b) "Live or Die."
(c) "The Sun."
(d) "And One for My Dame."

2. Where does the woman in "Moon Song, Woman Song" live?
(a) On the star nearest to the moon.
(b) Dawn.
(c) Nighttime.
(d) Dusk.

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

4. How is marriage portrayed in "Man and Wife"?
(a) A blessed escape.
(b) A career like any other.
(c) A dismal trap.
(d) Playing house eternally.

5. "Kind Sir: These Woods" is a meditation on becoming what?
(a) Lost.
(b) An adult.
(c) Found.
(d) A child again.

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

7. "In Celebration of My Uterus" celebrates what?
(a) Femininity.
(b) Sexual gratification.
(c) Pregnancy.
(d) Passion.

8. "Torn Down From Glory Daily" draws a parallel between animal hunger and ______.
(a) Uncommon friendships.
(b) Human sexuality.
(c) Survival of the fittest.
(d) Human instinct.

9. What is the speaker doing in "The Fortress"?
(a) Taking a nap.
(b) Making dinner.
(c) Bathing her child.
(d) Praying.

10. What myth does the author rethink in "To a Friend Whose Work Has Come To Triumph"?
(a) Hercules.
(b) Icarus.
(c) Persephone.
(d) Odysseus.

11. "Music Swims Back To Me" presents an irony of the freedom where?
(a) In an asylum.
(b) In a hospital room.
(c) Parenthood.
(d) Confined to a home.

12. How many poems are in Part 3 of All My Pretty Ones?
(a) Ten.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

13. What conclusion does the speaker come to in "For My Lover, Returning to His Wife"?
(a) Her lover will always return to her.
(b) She was a temporary indulgence.
(c) She can do better.
(d) Her lover will leave his wife.

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

15. What does the speaker pledge in "The Fortress"?
(a) Lifelong creativity.
(b) Eternal friendship.
(c) Unwavering loyalty.
(d) Unconditional love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the speaker hospitalized in "The Break"?

2. The poem "You, Doctor Martin" puts the reader where?

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

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

5. Who is the subject of "Somewhere in Africa"?

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