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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. "With Mercy For the Greedy" is a rebuttal to a friend's suggestion that the speaker should seek what?
(a) Eucharistic Adoration.
(b) Holy confession.
(c) Solace from the Blessed Mother.
(d) The counsel of a priest.

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

4. In what month does "Eighteen Days Without You" take place?
(a) August.
(b) May.
(c) December.
(d) April.

5. How are the poems arranged in Live or Die?
(a) Alphabetically.
(b) Randomly.
(c) The order in which they were written.
(d) In an order selected by the author's daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of "For My Lover, Returning to His Wife"?

2. What is the first poem in Live or Die?

3. Part I of the author's first book of poetry deals with the trauma of what?

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

5. Why is the speaker hospitalized in "The Break"?

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