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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who interferes with the speaker's prayers in "Praying on a 707"?
(a) A flight attendant.
(b) Her mother.
(c) The passenger seated next to her.
(d) The pilot.
2. What Biblical story is retold in "Jesus Walking"?
(a) The Israelites wandering in the desert.
(b) Christ walking on water.
(c) The Crucifixion.
(d) The temptation of Christ by the Devil.
3. Who is portrayed as God in "The God-Monger"?
(a) The speaker's father.
(b) John Holmes.
(c) The speaker herself.
(d) The speaker's husband.
4. What ability is given to the person who eats a magical snake in "The White Snake"?
(a) The ability to communicate with animals.
(b) The ability to transform others into a white snake.
(c) The ability to speak to snakes.
(d) The ability to transform into a white snake.
5. Where is the speaker headed in "Rowing"?
(a) An island called God.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Hell.
(d) Purgatory.
Short Answer Questions
1. How many sections are in "The Furies"?
2. What does "Doctors" criticize?
3. What kind of poems are the collection "O Ye Tongues"?
4. What is the first poem in Transformations?
5. What is the speaker tortured by in "The Room of My Life"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the source material for "The Jesus Papers?" How does Sexton use this source material?
2. How does Sexton inject herself into the final poem of "The Jesus Papers?" Why does she do this?
3. Why do so many of the poems in The Death Notebooks deal with spirituality and Christianity?
4. When was The Death Notebooks published? How does this affect the poems in the collection?
5. Explain Sexton's revision of "Rapunzel."
6. How does Sexton view her poetry in relation to her faith?
7. What is the focus of Sexton's version of "Cinderella"?
8. What is the purpose of the poem "The Gold Key"?
9. How does Sexton deal with Christianity in "The Jesus Papers"?
10. How does Sexton deal with feminism in Transformations?
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