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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the last story in Transformations?
(a) "Hansel and Gretel."
(b) "The Frog Prince."
(c) "Sleeping Beauty (Briar Rose)."
(d) "Happily Ever After."

2. What myth is retold in "The Fire Thief"?
(a) Icarus.
(b) Prometheus.
(c) Odysseus.
(d) Persephone.

3. What kind of poems are the collection "O Ye Tongues"?
(a) Odes.
(b) Haiku.
(c) Psalms.
(d) Epitaphs.

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

5. In "For Mr. Death Who Stands With His Door Open", the speaker personifies ______ and ______.
(a) Time and death.
(b) Faith and doubt.
(c) Death and life.
(d) Time and tide.

6. Who is portrayed as God in "The God-Monger"?
(a) The speaker's father.
(b) John Holmes.
(c) The speaker's husband.
(d) The speaker herself.

7. What ability is given to the person who eats a magical snake in "The White Snake"?
(a) The ability to speak to snakes.
(b) The ability to communicate with animals.
(c) The ability to transform into a white snake.
(d) The ability to transform others into a white snake.

8. Who saves the fiddler in "The Wonderful Musician"?
(a) The fox.
(b) The mouse.
(c) The milkmaid.
(d) The woodcutter.

9. Who is an outcast in "One Eye, Two Eyes, Three Eyes"?
(a) The daughter with three eyes.
(b) The daughter with one eye.
(c) The son.
(d) The daughter with two eyes.

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

11. What poem has the author wondering if she is becoming an antisocial shut-in like the old woman who used to live in her neighborhood as a girl?
(a) "The Children."
(b) "The Room of My Life."
(c) "The Witch's Life."
(d) "The Shut-in."

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

13. Whose full name is included in "Sweeney"?
(a) The author's husband's.
(b) The author's daughter's.
(c) The author's mother's.
(d) The author's.

14. How many parts is The Book of Folly divided into?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the theme of "Snow"?

2. What is the first poem in the first part of The Book of Folly?

3. Who is the miller's wife having an affair with in "The Little Peasant"?

4. What theme does the author explore in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"?

5. How many sections are in "The Furies"?

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