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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the maiden's replacement hands made of in "The Maiden Without Hands"?
(a) Wood.
(b) Bronze.
(c) Silver.
(d) Gold.

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

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

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

5. What building is in "Riding the Elevator Into the Sky"?
(a) An office building.
(b) The Eiffel Tower.
(c) A bank.
(d) A hotel.

6. "Words" is a poem about the ______ of language.
(a) Inappropriateness.
(b) Power.
(c) Inadequacy.
(d) Beauty.

7. Who curses the maiden's father in "The Maiden Without Hands"?
(a) A wizard.
(b) An old woman.
(c) A witch.
(d) A warlock.

8. Where is the speaker headed in "Rowing"?
(a) Hell.
(b) An island called God.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Purgatory.

9. Who solves the mystery of "Twelve Dancing Princesses?"?
(a) A prince.
(b) A servant.
(c) A soldier.
(d) The king.

10. 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 transform into a white snake.
(c) The ability to transform others into a white snake.
(d) The ability to communicate with animals.

11. Who casts doubt on Jesus' miracles in "The Jesus Papers"?
(a) The author.
(b) John the Baptist.
(c) The Virgin Mary.
(d) Judas.

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

13. What is the purpose of the first poem in Transformations?
(a) To share a fairy tale about the author's son.
(b) To create the author as the wicked witch.
(c) To act as an introduction and explanation.
(d) To share a fairy tale about the author's daughter.

14. Where is the author at the beginning of "The Death Baby"?
(a) On the River Styx.
(b) In the arms of Death.
(c) In her bed.
(d) In the woods.

15. What does Doctor Faustus sell his soul to the devil for in "Faustus and I"?
(a) Money and fame.
(b) Knowledge and power.
(c) Eternal youth.
(d) Health and family.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What type of conflict is present in "The Civil War"?

3. What does "Doctors" criticize?

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

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

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