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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Transformations.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many poems are in Part 2 of the author's first book of poetry?
(a) Seven.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

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

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

5. What conclusion does the speaker come to in "For My Lover, Returning to His Wife"?
(a) Her lover will always return to her.
(b) She can do better.
(c) Her lover will leave his wife.
(d) She was a temporary indulgence.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "For Eleanor Boylan Talking With God," what does the speaker witness a woman doing?

2. How many parts is All My Pretty Ones divided into?

3. Who is "For the Year of the Insane" directed to?

4. What is the subject of "Again and Again and Again"?

5. What does the speaker cast off in the poem "Self in 1958"?

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