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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 78 - 100).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the speaker ask if one of the sisters is hunting in Part 5 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) Her murderer.
(b) Her own sister.
(c) Her soul.
(d) Her mother.

2. What has been long-abandoned near the ponds in "This Fjord Looks Like a Lake"?
(a) Reason.
(b) Books.
(c) Graves.
(d) Birds.

3. What does Yeats speak about loving in "Improvisations on a First Line by Yeats"?
(a) Sea breezes.
(b) Bagels.
(c) Bare hills and stunted trees.
(d) Wind and rain.

4. What do the aliens do to humans in Part 8 of "The Aliens Arrive"?
(a) They eat all the humans.
(b) They take all the humans back to their planets.
(c) They put humans in zoos and watch them have sex all day.
(d) They drown all the humans.

5. What does Cassandra fantasize about possessing in the poem "Cassandra Considers Declining the Gift"?
(a) A sturdy staff.
(b) Diamonds.
(c) A dark blue leather purse.
(d) Many dresses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has killed so many sisters over the years in Part 6 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?

2. What happens when the speaker in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters" sings this song for her sister?

3. Who looks like a movie star in "Everyone Else's Sex Life"?

4. How do the feathers fall in "Feather"?

5. What do plastics make lighter for carrying water in "The Bright Side"?

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