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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. What is the last poem in Live or Die?
(a) "Self in 1958."
(b) "Die."
(c) "The Addict."
(d) "Live."
2. Where does the title for the first poem in Live or Die come from?
(a) A book about the solar system.
(b) A song by Sara Bareilles.
(c) The title of the book.
(d) A nursery rhyme.
3. How many poems are in Part 3 of All My Pretty Ones?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Ten.
4. What is the subject of "Elizabeth Gone"?
(a) Death.
(b) Sex.
(c) Birth.
(d) Reunion.
5. What play is the source for the title All My Pretty Ones?
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) Richard III.
(c) The Taming of the Shrew.
(d) Macbeth.
Short Answer Questions
1. "With Mercy For the Greedy" is a rebuttal to a friend's suggestion that the speaker should seek what?
2. What kind of accident is the subject of "Pain for a Daughter"?
3. In what time frame does "Letter Written During a January Northeaster" take place?
4. Who is "For the Year of the Insane" directed to?
5. When does "You All Know the Story of the Other Woman" take place?
Short Essay Questions
1. How was Live or Die received after its publication?
2. Compare and contrast "The Interrogation of the Man of Many Hearts" with "For My Lover, Returning to His Wife."
3. What is the significance of ending Part 1 of To Bedlam and Part Way Back with the poem "A Story For Rose On the Midnight Flight To Boston"?
4. What is the significance of the final poem of the book?
5. Why do you think Part 2 of To Bedlam and Part Way Back only contains three poems?
6. How does Sexton's poetry put the reader in the middle of her life?
7. What is the significance of "For John, Who Begs Me Not To Enquire Further"?
8. Explain how Sexton uses religion in All the Pretty Ones.
9. What are the two major themes dealt with in Live or Die, and how are they dealt with?
10. In All My Pretty Ones, Sexton uses more of a third person narrative approach with some of the poems. Why would this be difficult in confessional poetry?
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