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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. "Torn Down From Glory Daily" describes an encounter with a group of what?
(a) Gulls.
(b) Chickens.
(c) Crows.
(d) Ducks.
2. "The Bells" ponders about the search for love and acceptance from whom?
(a) A father figure.
(b) A childhood friend.
(c) A mother figure.
(d) God.
3. What is the purpose of poetry in "The Black Art"?
(a) Catharsis.
(b) Spiritual mentor.
(c) Companion.
(d) Salvation.
4. Where does the woman in "Moon Song, Woman Song" live?
(a) On the star nearest to the moon.
(b) Nighttime.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Dusk.
5. What part of the speaker's body is personified in "The Touch"?
(a) Her neck.
(b) Her back.
(c) Her foot.
(d) Her hand.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the author of The Complete Poems?
2. Who does the speaker identify with in "Consorting With Angels"?
3. Who does the speaker encounter on a ferry in "Letter Written On a Ferry While Crossing Long Island Sound"?
4. What is the tone of "Sylvia's Death"?
5. What myth does the author rethink in "To a Friend Whose Work Has Come To Triumph"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the significance of the title Live or Die?
2. What does the quote in the preface of All My Pretty Ones suggest about the purpose of art? How does this apply to Sexton's poetry?
3. Explain the poem "Eighteen Days Without You."
4. Compare and contrast "The Double Image" and "The Division of Parts."
5. What is the significance of "For John, Who Begs Me Not To Enquire Further"?
6. Why do you think Part 2 of To Bedlam and Part Way Back only contains three poems?
7. How does Sexton use the book Love Poems? Give at least two examples.
8. What does the preface of Live or Die reveal about the poems in it?
9. What is the significance of the final poem of the book?
10. How does Sexton treat her illness in her poetry?
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