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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What game does the speaker play with God in "The Rowing Endeth"?
(a) Poker.
(b) Chess.
(c) Pictionary.
(d) Go Fish.

3. How many sections are in "The Furies"?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Seven.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

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

5. What is the purpose of the first poem in Transformations?
(a) To share a fairy tale about the author's son.
(b) To share a fairy tale about the author's daughter.
(c) To act as an introduction and explanation.
(d) To create the author as the wicked witch.

6. "The Hex" describes the connection between the speaker's inability to appreciate happiness and her relationship to who?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her grandmother.

7. How many messiahs is Mary pregnant with in "Mary's Song"?
(a) Two.
(b) Twenty.
(c) One.
(d) Five.

8. What poem personifies death as a hurried traveler?
(a) "The Other."
(b) "The Hex."
(c) "The Assassin."
(d) "Going Gone."

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

10. Who is an outcast in "One Eye, Two Eyes, Three Eyes"?
(a) The daughter with one eye.
(b) The daughter with two eyes.
(c) The son.
(d) The daughter with three eyes.

11. Who is "Mother and Daughter" addressed to?
(a) Claire.
(b) Joy.
(c) Marie.
(d) Linda.

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

13. How many poems make up "The Jesus Papers"?
(a) Ten.
(b) Nine.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Twelve.

14. How many sections is "The Death Baby" divided into?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Ten.
(d) Six.

15. "Rats Live On No Evil Star" is a revision of what Biblical story?
(a) The story of Job.
(b) Joseph and his coat of colors.
(c) Adam and Eve.
(d) Daniel in the lions' den.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose full name is included in "Sweeney"?

2. What is the title of the poem "Rats Live On No Evil Star" based on?

3. What ability is given to the person who eats a magical snake in "The White Snake"?

4. What theme is explored in "The Frog Prince"?

5. How many parts is The Book of Folly divided into?

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