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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the tone of "Sylvia's Death"?
(a) Peace.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Fear.
(d) Jealousy.

2. Who does the author decide to endure the pains of life for in the last poem in Live or Die?
(a) Her poetry.
(b) The people she loves most.
(c) Her parents.
(d) Herself.

3. 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.

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

5. Part I of the author's first book of poetry deals with the trauma of what?
(a) Losing custody of her children.
(b) Her struggle with radiation treatment.
(c) Her hospitalization.
(d) Her first Christmas alone.

6. What is the author's relationship with the subject of "Somewhere in Africa"?
(a) Friend.
(b) Wife.
(c) Colleague.
(d) Student.

7. What point of view is "The House" written in?
(a) It is unclear.
(b) Second-person.
(c) First-person.
(d) Third-person.

8. What is the main focus of Part 1 of All My Pretty Ones?
(a) The death of the author's grandparents.
(b) The death of the author's parents.
(c) The death of the author's creativity.
(d) The death of the author's cat.

9. 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.

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

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

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

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

14. The poem "You, Doctor Martin" puts the reader where?
(a) Into the author's surgical suite.
(b) In her empty home.
(c) Into Bedlam.
(d) In Taft Cemetery and Memorial Gardens.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "Torn Down From Glory Daily" draws a parallel between animal hunger and ______.

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

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

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

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