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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 is the defining foliage of the oil age in "Plasticene Suite"?
(a) Plastic.
(b) Leaves.
(c) Rock.
(d) Twigs.

2. What is the first line of the poem "Shadow"?
(a) Who has two?
(b) The light fades away from day.
(c) Someone wants your body.
(d) Be aware.

3. Who has killed so many sisters over the years in Part 6 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) Fearful men.
(b) Other sisters.
(c) Jealous parents.
(d) Evil spirits.

4. When is every life a failure in "Feather"?
(a) At the apocalypse.
(b) At dusk.
(c) At dawn.
(d) At the last hour.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What has been long-abandoned near the ponds in "This Fjord Looks Like a Lake"?

2. What is the cancelled word in "Walking in the Madman's Wood"?

3. What does Cassandra fantasize about possessing in the poem "Cassandra Considers Declining the Gift"?

4. What will survive us after we're gone in the poem "Carving the Jacks"?

5. What is the robot designed to do in the section of "Plasticene Suite" titled "Little Robot"?

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