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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. How many messiahs is Mary pregnant with in "Mary's Song"?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) One.
2. What theme does the author explore in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"?
(a) Romance.
(b) Feminism.
(c) Tradition.
(d) Jealousy.
3. What ability is given to the person who eats a magical snake in "The White Snake"?
(a) The ability to transform others into a white snake.
(b) The ability to communicate with animals.
(c) The ability to speak to snakes.
(d) The ability to transform into a white snake.
4. What is personified in "The Assassin"?
(a) Death.
(b) Parenthood.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Sex.
5. What is the last story in Transformations?
(a) "Sleeping Beauty (Briar Rose)."
(b) "The Frog Prince."
(c) "Happily Ever After."
(d) "Hansel and Gretel."
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is "Mother and Daughter" addressed to?
2. Who is The Book of Folly dedicated to?
3. What is the title of the first part of The Book of Folly?
4. Who is Transformations dedicated to?
5. What poem personifies death as a hurried traveler?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where does Sexton search for God in The Awful Rowing Toward God? Does she find him?
2. Compare and contrast "The Death of Fathers" with "Angels of the Love Affair."
3. When was The Death Notebooks published? How does this affect the poems in the collection?
4. When was The Awful Rowing Toward God published, and how does that affect the poems in it?
5. How does Sexton inject herself into the final poem of "The Jesus Papers?" Why does she do this?
6. How does Sexton view her poetry in relation to her faith?
7. Explain Sexton's retelling of the Biblical story of Jonah and the whale in "Making a Living".
8. How does Sexton deal with feminism in Transformations?
9. Why does The Awful Rowing Toward God begin with the poem "Rowing"?
10. How is The Book of Folly set up?
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