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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 theme is explored in "The Frog Prince"?
(a) Trust.
(b) Salvation.
(c) Forgiveness.
(d) Guilt.

2. "With Mercy For the Greedy" is a rebuttal to a friend's suggestion that the speaker should seek what?
(a) Eucharistic Adoration.
(b) The counsel of a priest.
(c) Solace from the Blessed Mother.
(d) Holy confession.

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

4. Whose quote inspired The Awful Rowing Toward God?
(a) A priest.
(b) The author's friend.
(c) The author's husband.
(d) A nun.

5. In what year were the letters written that inspired "Walking in Paris"?
(a) 1900.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1882.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the speaker's body is personified in "The Touch"?

2. Who is "Mother and Daughter" addressed to?

3. "In Celebration of My Uterus" celebrates what?

4. What is the theme of "Snow"?

5. Who is the author of The Complete Poems?

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