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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 part of the speaker's body is personified in "The Touch"?
(a) Her neck.
(b) Her foot.
(c) Her hand.
(d) Her back.

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

3. "The Interrogation of the Man of Many Hearts" is a poetic dialogue between the speaker and who?
(a) Her lover.
(b) Her husband's lover.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her friend.

4. What is the time frame in which the poems of Live or Die were written?
(a) 1962-1966.
(b) 1960-1962.
(c) 1958-1962.
(d) 1960-1965.

5. What game does the speaker play with God in "The Rowing Endeth"?
(a) Pictionary.
(b) Go Fish.
(c) Poker.
(d) Chess.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose Biblical story is retold in "Making a Living"?

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

3. Who is the subject of "Somewhere in Africa"?

4. In "For Mr. Death Who Stands With His Door Open", the speaker personifies ______ and ______.

5. Who is Transformations dedicated to?

(see the answer key)

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