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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Biblical story is retold in "Jesus Walking"?
(a) Christ walking on water.
(b) The Crucifixion.
(c) The temptation of Christ by the Devil.
(d) The Israelites wandering in the desert.

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

3. 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."

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

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

6. What does "Doctors" criticize?
(a) Medication.
(b) Bedside manner.
(c) Psychiatric care.
(d) Modern medicine.

7. How many sections are in "The Furies"?
(a) Seven.
(b) Four.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Two.

8. "The Silence" explains the motivation to write as an attempt to remain occupied so that what remains at bay?
(a) Reminders of death.
(b) Reminders of a lost love.
(c) Reminders of responsibilities.
(d) Reminders of dreams forgotten.

9. Who is The Book of Folly dedicated to?
(a) Joy.
(b) Gregor.
(c) Phillip.
(d) Linda.

10. "Rats Live On No Evil Star" is a revision of what Biblical story?
(a) The story of Job.
(b) Joseph and his coat of colors.
(c) Adam and Eve.
(d) Daniel in the lions' den.

11. What is the first poem in Transformations?
(a) "The Gold Key."
(b) "Once Upon a Time."
(c) "The White Snake."
(d) "Ever After."

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

13. Who visits the speaker in "Sweeney"?
(a) The speaker's cousin.
(b) The speaker's sister.
(c) A newspaper reporter.
(d) A press agent.

14. How many messiahs is Mary pregnant with in "Mary's Song"?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Five.
(d) Twenty.

15. What poem personifies death as a hurried traveler?
(a) "Going Gone."
(b) "The Other."
(c) "The Assassin."
(d) "The Hex."

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was The Death Notebooks published?

2. What is the speaker tortured by in "The Room of My Life"?

3. "Words" is a poem about the ______ of language.

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

5. Where is the speaker headed in "Rowing"?

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