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On a Poet’s Birthday – The Applicant by Sylvia Plath

My New Year’s Resolution for 2021 is to read more poetry. So, this new series of quizzes, will take a poem by a famous poet on their birthday and ask you to fill in the missing words. The poem for this quiz is The Applicant by Sylvia Plath whose birthday is on October 27th..

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  • Question of

    —, are you our sort of a person? Do you wear A glass eye, false teeth or a crutch,

    • First
    • One
  • Question of

    A brace or a hook, Rubber breasts or a — crotch,

    • rubber
    • plastic
  • Question of

    Stitches to show something’s missing? —, no? Then How can we give you a thing?

    • No
    • Well
  • Question of

    Stop —. Open your hand. Empty? Empty. Here is a hand

    • crying
    • frowning
  • Question of

    To fill it and willing To bring teacups and — away headaches And do whatever you tell it.

    • roll
    • sooth
  • Question of

    — you marry it? It is guaranteed

    • Will
    • Can
  • Question of

    To thumb shut your eyes at the end And dissolve of —.

    • sorrow
    • sadness
  • Question of

    We make new stock from the salt. I notice you are stark naked. — about this suit——

    • How
    • What
  • Question of

    — and stiff, but not a bad fit. Will you marry it?

    • Black
    • Starched
  • Question of

    It is waterproof, shatterproof, proof Against — and bombs through the roof. Believe me, they’ll bury you in it.

    • fire
    • flames
  • Question of

    Now your head, excuse me, is empty. I have the — for that.

    • ticket
    • answer
  • Question of

    Come here, —, out of the closet. Well, what do you think of that? Naked as paper to start

    • sweetie
    • honey
  • Question of

    — in twenty-five years she’ll be silver, In fifty, gold.

    • But
    • Yet
  • Question of

    A living doll, everywhere you look. It can sew, it can cook, It can talk, —, talk.

    • talk
    • walk
  • Question of

    It works, there is nothing wrong with it. You — a hole, it’s a poultice.

    • have
    • see
  • Question of

    You — an eye, it’s an image. My boy, it’s your last resort. Will you marry it, marry it, marry it.

    • have
    • see

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