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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Awful Rowing Toward God.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the speaker traveling to see in the poem "Flight"?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her best friend.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her aunt.

2. How does the author describe herself at the beginning of "The Death Baby"?
(a) As Death.
(b) As a baby.
(c) As a new mother.
(d) As an artist.

3. What is the purpose of "Somewhere in Africa"?
(a) An expression of the author's desire to travel.
(b) A eulogistic farewell.
(c) A letter while on safari.
(d) A meditation on mental escapism.

4. What myth does the author rethink in "To a Friend Whose Work Has Come To Triumph"?
(a) Icarus.
(b) Persephone.
(c) Hercules.
(d) Odysseus.

5. What are the maiden's replacement hands made of in "The Maiden Without Hands"?
(a) Wood.
(b) Bronze.
(c) Gold.
(d) Silver.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second poem in Part 5 of All My Pretty Ones?

2. What is the title of the author's first book of poetry?

3. What is the last poem in Live or Die?

4. In what point of view is "It Is a Spring Afternoon" written?

5. What does the building represent in "Riding the Elevator Into the Sky"?

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