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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 the focus of the author's version of "Red Riding Hood"?
(a) The relationship between Red Riding Hood and the woodsman.
(b) The grandmother.
(c) The improbability of the outcome.
(d) The wolf.
2. What is particularly depicted in "God's Backside"?
(a) A fire.
(b) A flood.
(c) Hot weather.
(d) Cold weather.
3. How many poems are in the first part of The Book of Folly?
(a) Ten.
(b) Forty.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Thirty.
4. In "The Earth Falls Down," what is the speaker trying to place blame for?
(a) Her mother's death.
(b) Her sister's death.
(c) Her mental illness.
(d) The world's problems.
5. What is the first poem in Part 1 of All My Pretty Ones?
(a) "The Truth the Dead Know."
(b) "The Black Art."
(c) "All My Pretty Ones."
(d) "Lament."
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the speaker cast off in the poem "Self in 1958"?
2. Who visits the speaker in "Sweeney"?
3. What family relationship is explored in Part 2 of the author's first book of poetry?
4. Who is the speaker with in "The Fortress"?
5. "The Death of Fathers" and "Angels of the Love Affair" are both comprised of _____ shorter poems.
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