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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 type of conflict is present in "The Civil War"?
(a) Person vs. society.
(b) Person vs. self.
(c) Person vs. person.
(d) Person vs. nature.

2. What is the title of the author's first book of poetry?
(a) To Bedlam and Part Way Back.
(b) Kind Sir: These Woods.
(c) The Moss of His Skin.
(d) Elizabeth Gone.

3. How many parts is "The Double Image" divided into?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Four.

4. What is the author's relationship with the subject of "Somewhere in Africa"?
(a) Friend.
(b) Student.
(c) Colleague.
(d) Wife.

5. Who casts doubt on Jesus' miracles in "The Jesus Papers"?
(a) John the Baptist.
(b) Judas.
(c) The Virgin Mary.
(d) The author.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many poems are in the collection "O Ye Tongues"?

2. Who is the author of The Complete Poems?

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

4. "Kind Sir: These Woods" is a meditation on becoming what?

5. "The Interrogation of the Man of Many Hearts" is a poetic dialogue between the speaker and who?

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