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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is pulled under the water as they stand to drink it while in the enchanted forest?
(a) The hunter.
(b) The prince.
(c) The dog.
(d) The princess.

2. What does the servant drop into the sea, saying that he would die if he could not find it for her again?
(a) Her ring.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her tiara.
(d) Her books.

3. Godfather death takes the physician to a cave where all men are assigned ___________ that inch by inch number their days.
(a) Papers.
(b) Ropes.
(c) Books.
(d) Candles.

4. The innocent girl's cheeks are as fragile as ___________ paper, according to the poem.
(a) New.
(b) Cigarette.
(c) Tissue.
(d) Canvas.

5. The woman who was with child looked upon the _______ each day, since she feared she might die without it.
(a) Apple.
(b) Rampion.
(c) Carrot.
(d) Green bean.

6. Death has a card in its hand - what card is in the hand of Death in the poem "Godfather Death?"
(a) Jack of spades.
(b) One eyed jack.
(c) King of diamonds.
(d) Queen of hearts.

7. The boy finds a key and looks for the lock to open, just as he would look for a __________ upon finding a nickel.
(a) Horse.
(b) Statue.
(c) Wallet.
(d) Bank.

8. The hunter is told to bring the _________ of Snow White to the stepmother that she might eat it.
(a) Heart.
(b) Hand.
(c) Eye.
(d) Face.

9. What pumped in the stepmother like poison when the mirror would tell her that she was the fairest in the land?
(a) Truth.
(b) Blood.
(c) Pride.
(d) Nothing.

10. Whose asexual voice does Sexton say that creature inside of a person sounds like?
(a) Truman Capote.
(b) Martin Luther King.
(c) Sylvia Plath.
(d) Andy Warhol.

11. The two stepsisters of Cinderella are pretty enough, but they have hearts like ______________, according to the story.
(a) Blackjacks.
(b) Rodents.
(c) Devils.
(d) Bears.

12. How old is the boy who wants some answers in the poem, according to the narrator?
(a) 18.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 16.

13. The key apparently opens the book of odd tales and transforms them. Who are the authors of the book of tales?
(a) Aesop.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Malachi.
(d) Brothers Grimm.

14. Sexton's poem reads that it is not enough to read Hesse and to drink __________________.
(a) Clam chowder.
(b) Beer.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Wine.

15. What is the second thing the stepmother brings to Snow White in order to try to kill her?
(a) An apple.
(b) A piece of lamb.
(c) A poison comb.
(d) A bit of lacing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Each day, the prince brings to Rapunzel a piece of __________ so that they can create a ladder and she can escape.

2. The world, Sexton says, is filled with __________. A rose must have a stem.

3. All the huntsmen would disappear in the forest like ____________ as the forest was bewitched.

4. What color are the eyes of the virgin, according to Sexton in her poem about Snow White?

5. The servant and the princess live out their days happily ever after, though Sexton says, in a kind of coffin, a kind of blue ________.

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