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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Live or Die.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Music Swims Back To Me" is a reflection on the speaker's immersion in what?
(a) Mental collapse.
(b) Family.
(c) Medical interventions.
(d) Poetry.

2. In what year were the letters written that inspired "Walking in Paris"?
(a) 1882.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1900.

3. What is the subject of "The Operation"?
(a) Amputation.
(b) Biopsy.
(c) Abortion.
(d) Lobotomy.

4. What does the speaker cast off in the poem "Self in 1958"?
(a) Poet/artist stereotypes.
(b) Her family.
(c) Her guilt.
(d) Traditional female roles.

5. What is the speaker addicted to in "The Addict"?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Self-mutilation.
(d) Prescription pills.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the speaker's daughter cry out for when she is in an accident in "Pain for a Daughter"?

2. Who is the subject of "Somewhere in Africa"?

3. The poem "You, Doctor Martin" puts the reader where?

4. Who is the subject of "Your Face on the Dog's Neck"?

5. "Torn Down From Glory Daily" draws a parallel between animal hunger and ______.

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