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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Loving the Killer" takes place where?
(a) On the street.
(b) On a safari.
(c) In the woods.
(d) In a kitchen.

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

3. 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."

4. Who is the subject of "Somewhere in Africa"?
(a) John Holmes.
(b) Ted Hughes.
(c) T. S. Eliot.
(d) Sylvia Plath.

5. How many parts is "The Double Image" divided into?
(a) Seven.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

6. What does "Elizabeth Gone" explore as the possibility of an escape?
(a) Parenthood.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Death.
(d) Education.

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

8. What is the weather in "Song for a Lady"?
(a) Snowy.
(b) Sunny.
(c) Rainy.
(d) Foggy.

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

10. What is the second poem in Part 1 of All My Pretty Ones?
(a) "Lament."
(b) "All My Pretty Ones."
(c) "The Truth the Dead Know."
(d) "Old Dwarf Heart."

11. How are the poems arranged in Live or Die?
(a) In an order selected by the author's daughter.
(b) Randomly.
(c) The order in which they were written.
(d) Alphabetically.

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

13. What part of the speaker's body is personified in "The Touch"?
(a) Her foot.
(b) Her hand.
(c) Her neck.
(d) Her back.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the speaker traveling to see in the poem "Flight"?

3. Where is the speaker of "It Is a Spring Afternoon" waiting?

4. In what year were the letters written that inspired "Walking in Paris"?

5. Who does the author decide to endure the pains of life for in the last poem in Live or Die?

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