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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the speaker with in "The Fortress"?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her son.
(d) She is alone.

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

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

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

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

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

7. Who is "For the Year of the Insane" directed to?
(a) The Virgin Mary.
(b) Sylvia Plath.
(c) John Hughes.
(d) Ted Hughes.

8. What changes does "The Double Image" follow?
(a) Family.
(b) Seasonal.
(c) Career.
(d) Life.

9. Who is the subject of "Your Face on the Dog's Neck"?
(a) The speaker's daughter.
(b) The speaker's cat.
(c) The speaker's lover.
(d) The speaker herself.

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

11. Where is "The Double Image" set?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Paris.
(c) A hospital.
(d) New England.

12. How many poems are in the first part of All My Pretty Ones?
(a) Ten.
(b) Four.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Nine.

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

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

15. What kind of accident is the subject of "Pain for a Daughter"?
(a) Carriage.
(b) Car.
(c) Train.
(d) Horseback riding.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the speaker encounter on a ferry in "Letter Written On a Ferry While Crossing Long Island Sound"?

2. What is the last poem in Live or Die?

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

4. What does "Elizabeth Gone" explore as the possibility of an escape?

5. What is the second poem in Part 1 of All My Pretty Ones?

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