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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Awful Rowing Toward God.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does "Doctors" criticize?
(a) Psychiatric care.
(b) Bedside manner.
(c) Medication.
(d) Modern medicine.

3. What is the second poem in Part 5 of All My Pretty Ones?
(a) "Old."
(b) "Woman with Girdle."
(c) "The Hangman."
(d) "Water."

4. What is the main focus of Part 1 of All My Pretty Ones?
(a) The death of the author's creativity.
(b) The death of the author's parents.
(c) The death of the author's cat.
(d) The death of the author's grandparents.

5. "With Mercy For the Greedy" is a rebuttal to a friend's suggestion that the speaker should seek what?
(a) Solace from the Blessed Mother.
(b) Holy confession.
(c) The counsel of a priest.
(d) Eucharistic Adoration.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is particularly depicted in "God's Backside"?

2. Who is "Mother and Daughter" addressed to?

3. What is the title of the author's first book of poetry?

4. Who does the author decide to endure the pains of life for in the last poem in Live or Die?

5. Who is pursuing the speaker in "Oh"?

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