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

2. "For John, Who Begs Me Not To Enquire Further" is a defense against whom?
(a) The author's mother.
(b) The author's teacher.
(c) The author's doctor.
(d) The author's father.

3. "Kind Sir: These Woods" is a meditation on becoming what?
(a) Found.
(b) A child again.
(c) Lost.
(d) An adult.

4. In what year did the author receive an award for Live or Die?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1966.

5. Where is the blame assigned in "The Earth Falls Down"?
(a) The speaker's mother.
(b) Blame is not assigned.
(c) The speaker's sister.
(d) The speaker herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main focus of Part 1 of All My Pretty Ones?

2. Who casts doubt on Jesus' miracles in "The Jesus Papers"?

3. What is the subject of "Elizabeth Gone"?

4. "With Mercy For the Greedy" makes a statement about art as what?

5. What is the tone of "Moon Song, Woman Song"?

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