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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 award was given to the author for Live or Die?
(a) The Pulitzer Prize.
(b) The Edgar Allen Poe Prize.
(c) The Pushcart Prize.
(d) The Nobel Prize.

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

3. Who eats a magical snake in "The White Snake"?
(a) A queen.
(b) A king.
(c) A king's servant.
(d) A king's cook.

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

5. What is the title of the first part of The Book of Folly?
(a) "Thirty Poems."
(b) "Part the First."
(c) "The Jesus Papers."
(d) "Twenty Poems."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is killed the same day that the speaker receives a visitor in "Sweeney"?

2. Who is The Book of Folly dedicated to?

3. What is the time frame in which the poems of Live or Die were written?

4. What must be found in "Kind Sir: These Woods"?

5. How many parts is The Book of Folly divided into?

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