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

2. The skin of the virgin is as white as _________ and she is unsoiled in her current state.
(a) Bonefish.
(b) Time.
(c) Clouds.
(d) Ash.

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

4. The doctor was more famous than the ____________, because he could cure all ills and woes.
(a) President.
(b) Princess.
(c) Stepfather.
(d) King.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The man who is full of suspicions can hear messages from God through _____________________.

2. Iron Hans tells the boy that he has saved him from the awful babble of that __________ as a wild man.

3. Alice is asked whether she remembers being ____________ when she was a child.

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

5. Sexton says that inside of many of us there is a ___________ who wants to get out.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the peasant observe when he waits out his time in the miller's house?

2. Why does the man decide that he needs to break into the garden of the witch?

3. To whom does the Queen turn when she wants to find out whether she is the most beautiful in the land?

4. Why does the man have to seek refuge at the house of a miller, according to the poem, "The Little Peasant?"

5. Why do the Seven Dwarfs decide to take in Snow White when she happens to fall asleep in their home?

6. What does the huntsman do with the wild man once he is brought back into the town?

7. What does the miller do with the cowhide once the peasant reveals to him the secret?

8. How does Cinderella finally become able to go to the ball though her stepmother tries to make it impossible?

9. What happened when the doctor falls in love with the princess who he treats as she is dying?

10. What does the peasant reveal to the miller after the miller has bought the cowhide from him?

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