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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) She does not cry out.
(c) Her father.
(d) God.

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

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

6. How is God portrayed in "For God While Sleeping"?
(a) As a senile old man.
(b) As a woman.
(c) As a loved one who has recently died.
(d) As a newborn infant.

7. What is the time frame in which the poems of Live or Die were written?
(a) 1958-1962.
(b) 1960-1962.
(c) 1962-1966.
(d) 1960-1965.

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

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

10. What aspect of childhood does "The Bells" reflect on?
(a) Friendships.
(b) The relationship with grandparents.
(c) Innocence.
(d) School.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What award was given to the author for Live or Die?

2. What conclusion does the speaker come to in "For My Lover, Returning to His Wife"?

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

4. What is the weather in "Song for a Lady"?

5. Who is the subject of "Your Face on the Dog's Neck"?

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