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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Book of Folly.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first poem in Part 1 of All My Pretty Ones?
(a) "The Truth the Dead Know."
(b) "The Black Art."
(c) "Lament."
(d) "All My Pretty Ones."

2. Who is pursuing the speaker in "Oh"?
(a) Death.
(b) Doubt.
(c) A shadow.
(d) Mental illness.

3. What is explored in "The Double Image"?
(a) Love.
(b) Legacy.
(c) Abandonment.
(d) Duty.

4. What type of poem is "For the Year of the Insane"?
(a) A prayer.
(b) A eulogy.
(c) An epitaph.
(d) A blurb.

5. How many parts is All My Pretty Ones divided into?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many poems make up "The Jesus Papers"?

2. Who does "The Starry Night" borrow a quote from?

3. Where does the title for the first poem in Live or Die come from?

4. Who eats a magical snake in "The White Snake"?

5. Who does the speaker's daughter cry out for when she is in an accident in "Pain for a Daughter"?

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