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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 prince.
(b) The hunter.
(c) The princess.
(d) The dog.

2. How does the prince find out that Rapunzel is up in the tower and then begin his plans to rescue her?
(a) He looks for her, having heard about her from an old woman.
(b) He hears her sing.
(c) He is told by the witch.
(d) He sees her.

3. What is the proper name of the witch who was growing the plant the pregnant woman wanted?
(a) Mother Hen.
(b) Mother Christian.
(c) Mother Gothel.
(d) Mother Mary.

4. The gallow birds sucked up the blood like __________ and also gave promises to the servant.
(a) Water.
(b) Gasoline.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Ashes.

5. When the china doll eyes open, what is the phrase that they say before they shut again?
(a) Good day sunshine.
(b) I want to help you.
(c) I love everyone.
(d) Good Day Mama.

6. The prince dazzles Rapunzel with his ______ stick and with all of the answers he is able to give her.
(a) Metal.
(b) Tree.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Vine.

7. Sexton says that inside of many of us there is a ___________ who wants to get out.
(a) Truth.
(b) Lie.
(c) Story.
(d) Small man.

8. The prince throws himself in to the thorns, blinding himself like ____________, and he wanders for years.
(a) Icarus.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Titan.
(d) Oedipus.

9. The man who damns his thirteenth child says that ________ will not be the godfather.
(a) He.
(b) God.
(c) The Father.
(d) Woman.

10. What whimpers like a dog in heat, according to the poem of Sexton?
(a) The secrets of the key.
(b) The girl.
(c) The book.
(d) The boy.

11. What pecks the eyes of the stepsisters out when they try to come to the wedding to curry favor?
(a) A white dove.
(b) Cinderella.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Disease.

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

13. The poem points out the man might only be bruised like ____________, though he appeared to be a lunatic.
(a) An apple.
(b) A banana.
(c) A photo.
(d) A memory.

14. Sexton questions the ability of a ____________ to become a piece of sculpture, though she admits it could.
(a) Boy.
(b) Stone.
(c) Painting.
(d) Paper clip.

15. The prince who comes to help Snow White stays so long that his hair turns ______________.
(a) White.
(b) Gray.
(c) Black.
(d) Green.

Short Answer Questions

1. The boy finds a key and looks for the lock to open, just as he would look for a __________ upon finding a nickel.

2. What does the servant drop into the sea, saying that he would die if he could not find it for her again?

3. There was a day, according to Sexton in the "The White Snake" poem, that __________ talked to her.

4. When the task is completed on time, the stepmother tells Cinderella she cannot go because she does not have _____________.

5. The ____________ is a lovely number, no matter what life you lead, according to the poem by Sexton.

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