Milk and Honey Quiz

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Poem 83 refers to the speaker's experience of having her beloved's fingers "inside her." What experience from earlier in this collection does this seem to echo? (from Part 3, “the breaking”, Section 2)

The experience of enjoying being penetrated in that way by an older man (Part 1).

The experience of being physically assaulted by her beloved after the breakup (Part 3).

The experience of pretending to enjoy being penetrated in such a way (Part 1).

The experience of being caressed by her beloved (Part 2).

The reference in Poem 15 to the speaker being pinned down has a clear echo of which situation referred to earlier in Part 1? (from Part 1, “the hurting”, Section 2)

The poem in which the speaker was likened to a rose and thrown away.

The poem in which the speaker said that having sex was like enjoying the taste of honey.

The poem in which the speaker was held down and kissed when she was a child.

The poem in which the speaker was held down and touched by her therapist.

A number of poems in this first section of Part 1 suggest that a particular state of being co-exists with experiences of pain. What is that particular state of being? (from Part 4, “the healing”, Section 1)

Hysteria.

Gratitude.

Sexual pleasure.

Strength.

What experience from earlier in Part 2 can be seen as connected to the comment in Poem 50 that the speaker has been touched without being "touched"? (from Part 2, “the loving”, Section 2)

The speaker's reference in Part 1 to feeling closely and deeply connected to her father.

The speaker's reference earlier in Part 2 to being stimulated and moved by being read to.

The speaker's reference earlier in Part 2 to being told to be silent.

The speaker's reference in Part 1 to being penetrated by two fingers.

What is significant about the visual reference to a scorpion in Poem 13? (from Part 1, “the hurting”, Section 2)

Scorpions are toxic: therefore, the image is a reference to the content of the poem.

Scorpions are non-violent: therefore, the image is a reference to love.

Female scorpions die after having sex: therefore, the image relates to the collection's belief that female sexuality is destructive.

Female scorpions devour their mates: therefore, the image is a reference to the destructive power of women, discussed throughout Part 1.