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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. Who saves the fiddler in "The Wonderful Musician"?
(a) The mouse.
(b) The woodcutter.
(c) The milkmaid.
(d) The fox.
2. Who curses the maiden's father in "The Maiden Without Hands"?
(a) A warlock.
(b) An old woman.
(c) A witch.
(d) A wizard.
3. What myth is retold in "The Fire Thief"?
(a) Persephone.
(b) Prometheus.
(c) Icarus.
(d) Odysseus.
4. What is represented as a pair of applauding hands in "Two Hands"?
(a) Faith.
(b) Doubt.
(c) Humanity.
(d) God.
5. Who visits the speaker in "Sweeney"?
(a) The speaker's cousin.
(b) The speaker's sister.
(c) A press agent.
(d) A newspaper reporter.
Short Answer Questions
1. What poem has the author wondering if she is becoming an antisocial shut-in like the old woman who used to live in her neighborhood as a girl?
2. What building is in "Riding the Elevator Into the Sky"?
3. Who is killed the same day that the speaker receives a visitor in "Sweeney"?
4. What does the building represent in "Riding the Elevator Into the Sky"?
5. In "The Earth Falls Down," what is the speaker trying to place blame for?
Short Essay Questions
1. When was The Awful Rowing Toward God published, and how does that affect the poems in it?
2. What is the purpose of the poem "The Gold Key"?
3. When was The Death Notebooks published? How does this affect the poems in the collection?
4. What is the main theme of The Book of Folly? Is the theme of The Book of Folly treated the same as in her other work?
5. Compare and contrast "The Death of Fathers" with "Angels of the Love Affair."
6. What inspired The Awful Rowing Toward God?
7. Why might Sexton's poem "Sleeping Beauty (Briar Rose)" have special significance for her?
8. What does "Mary's Song" say about Sexton?
9. What is the focus of Sexton's version of "Cinderella"?
10. Why does The Awful Rowing Toward God begin with the poem "Rowing"?
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