The Complete Poems Test | Final Test - Easy

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The Complete Poems Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Words" is a poem about the ______ of language.
(a) Power.
(b) Inappropriateness.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Inadequacy.

2. Where is the blame assigned in "The Earth Falls Down"?
(a) Blame is not assigned.
(b) The speaker herself.
(c) The speaker's mother.
(d) The speaker's sister.

3. Where do the poems come from in Transformations?
(a) Aesop's Fables.
(b) The stories of Hans Christian Anderson.
(c) Grimm's Fairy Tales.
(d) Greek mythology.

4. How many poems are in the collection "O Ye Tongues"?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Ten.
(c) Nine.
(d) Five.

5. Whose quote inspired The Awful Rowing Toward God?
(a) The author's husband.
(b) The author's friend.
(c) A nun.
(d) A priest.

6. Who visits the speaker in "Sweeney"?
(a) A newspaper reporter.
(b) A press agent.
(c) The speaker's cousin.
(d) The speaker's sister.

7. What theme does the author explore in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Romance.
(c) Feminism.
(d) Tradition.

8. What kind of poems are the collection "O Ye Tongues"?
(a) Psalms.
(b) Haiku.
(c) Epitaphs.
(d) Odes.

9. Who releases Iron Hans from his cage in "Iron Hans"?
(a) The king's son.
(b) The king's daughter.
(c) The king.
(d) The queen.

10. Who is the miller's wife having an affair with in "The Little Peasant"?
(a) The innkeeper.
(b) The parson.
(c) The blacksmith.
(d) A sailor.

11. Who interferes with the speaker's prayers in "Praying on a 707"?
(a) A flight attendant.
(b) The passenger seated next to her.
(c) Her mother.
(d) The pilot.

12. What is the title of the first part of The Book of Folly?
(a) "Part the First."
(b) "Twenty Poems."
(c) "Thirty Poems."
(d) "The Jesus Papers."

13. What is represented as a pair of applauding hands in "Two Hands"?
(a) Humanity.
(b) Doubt.
(c) God.
(d) Faith.

14. In "The Earth Falls Down," what is the speaker trying to place blame for?
(a) The world's problems.
(b) Her mental illness.
(c) Her sister's death.
(d) Her mother's death.

15. In what year was The Death Notebooks published?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1974.
(d) 1977.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the theme of "Snow"?

2. How does the author describe herself at the beginning of "The Death Baby"?

3. What is the first poem in Transformations?

4. What are the maiden's replacement hands made of in "The Maiden Without Hands"?

5. Where does the speaker find the gods in the poem "Gods"?

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