The Complete Poems Test | Final Test - Easy

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The Complete Poems Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Transformations dedicated to?
(a) Thomas.
(b) Javier.
(c) Evelyn.
(d) Linda.

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

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

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

5. Who is killed the same day that the speaker receives a visitor in "Sweeney"?
(a) The author's brother.
(b) The author's neighbor.
(c) The author's cousin.
(d) The author's sister.

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

7. What is the title of the poem "Rats Live On No Evil Star" based on?
(a) A nursery rhyme.
(b) A fragment of a dream.
(c) A nonsensical phrase her daughter said.
(d) A palindrome.

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

9. 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 Room of My Life."
(b) "The Children."
(c) "The Shut-in."
(d) "The Witch's Life."

10. Who releases Iron Hans from his cage in "Iron Hans"?
(a) The king's son.
(b) The queen.
(c) The king's daughter.
(d) The king.

11. What is represented as a pair of applauding hands in "Two Hands"?
(a) Humanity.
(b) God.
(c) Doubt.
(d) Faith.

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

13. Whose quote inspired The Awful Rowing Toward God?
(a) The author's friend.
(b) The author's husband.
(c) A nun.
(d) A priest.

14. Where do the poems come from in Transformations?
(a) The stories of Hans Christian Anderson.
(b) Aesop's Fables.
(c) Grimm's Fairy Tales.
(d) Greek mythology.

15. How many poems are in the collection "O Ye Tongues"?
(a) Five.
(b) Nine.
(c) Ten.
(d) Fifteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who casts doubt on Jesus' miracles in "The Jesus Papers"?

2. Where does the speaker find the gods in the poem "Gods"?

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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