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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. How does the speaker in "Heart of the Arctic" know a careless person has been there?
(a) There is a broken cassette tape.
(b) There is a plastic bag.
(c) There is a string.
(d) There is a cigarette butt.

2. What goes on calling in the end of the poem "The Dear Ones"?
(a) The mystery.
(b) The sorrow.
(c) The rage.
(d) The dawn.

3. What does Atwood compare being in love to in "Everyone Else's Sex Life"?
(a) A really good movie.
(b) A pool.
(c) An expensive house.
(d) A demented rose-red circus tent.

4. How does the defining foliage of the oil age differ from true foliage in "Plasticene Suite"?
(a) It is tough.
(b) It is red.
(c) It is rootless.
(d) It likes the wind.

5. What happens in Part V of "The Aliens Arrive"?
(a) They show us all their recipes.
(b) They teach us how to travel to other galaxies.
(c) They learn to live peacefully with us on eart.
(d) They make their way out of our bodies through our armpits.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the speaker in the poem "September Mushrooms" miss the mushrooms again this year?

2. What do people say instead of "no" in "At the Translation Conference"?

3. What format does Atwood use for the poem "The Aliens Arrive"?

4. What was standing there when the door was opened in Part 3 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?

5. What does everyone cry when they see in the section of "Plasticene Suite" titled "Whales"?

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