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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 is the speaker doing in "The Fortress"?
(a) Taking a nap.
(b) Praying.
(c) Making dinner.
(d) Bathing her child.

2. "The Death of Fathers" and "Angels of the Love Affair" are both comprised of _____ shorter poems.
(a) Three.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

3. What conclusion does the speaker come to in "For My Lover, Returning to His Wife"?
(a) She can do better.
(b) Her lover will leave his wife.
(c) She was a temporary indulgence.
(d) Her lover will always return to her.

4. How many poems are in Part 2 of the author's first book of poetry?
(a) One.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Three.
(d) Seven.

5. Whose death does the author recount in "The Death Baby"?
(a) Her mother's.
(b) Her grandmother's.
(c) Her own.
(d) Her father's.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many poems are in the first part of All My Pretty Ones?

2. "Torn Down From Glory Daily" describes an encounter with a group of what?

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

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

5. What does "Elizabeth Gone" explore as the possibility of an escape?

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