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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 subject of "Those Times"?
(a) Mental illness.
(b) Death.
(c) Divorce.
(d) Sexual abuse.

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

3. What is the focus of the author's version of "Red Riding Hood"?
(a) The relationship between Red Riding Hood and the woodsman.
(b) The wolf.
(c) The grandmother.
(d) The improbability of the outcome.

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

5. In "For Eleanor Boylan Talking With God," what does the speaker witness a woman doing?
(a) Praying.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Dying.
(d) Weeping.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the maiden's replacement hands made of in "The Maiden Without Hands"?

2. "The Death of Fathers" and "Angels of the Love Affair" are both comprised of _____ shorter poems.

3. What is the subject of "Elizabeth Gone"?

4. Where is "The Double Image" set?

5. What is the tone of "Sylvia's Death"?

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