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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. What is personified in "The Assassin"?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Parenthood.
(c) Death.
(d) Sex.

2. "The Bells" ponders about the search for love and acceptance from whom?
(a) A father figure.
(b) God.
(c) A childhood friend.
(d) A mother figure.

3. How many parts is The Book of Folly divided into?
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

4. What ability is given to the person who eats a magical snake in "The White Snake"?
(a) The ability to speak to snakes.
(b) The ability to transform into a white snake.
(c) The ability to transform others into a white snake.
(d) The ability to communicate with animals.

5. Who saves the fiddler in "The Wonderful Musician"?
(a) The milkmaid.
(b) The mouse.
(c) The woodcutter.
(d) The fox.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of poetry in "The Black Art"?

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

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

4. "Music Swims Back To Me" is a reflection on the speaker's immersion in what?

5. What game does the speaker play with God in "The Rowing Endeth"?

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