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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 robot look like in the section of "Plasticene Suite" titled "Little Robot"?
(a) It looks like an octopus.
(b) It looks just like a human being.
(c) It has a dollface.
(d) It is scary, like a monster.

2. What did everything once have, according to the speaker in "Improvisation on a First Line by Yeats"?
(a) A dark side.
(b) A window into morality.
(c) A right to live.
(d) A soul.

3. Who used to take the dear ones in the poem "The Dear Ones"?
(a) Gypsies.
(b) Djinns.
(c) Cats.
(d) Religious wanderers.

4. Where do "we gods" preside in "The Twilight of the Gods"?
(a) The boardroom.
(b) The forest.
(c) The colleges.
(d) Their own altar.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does the speaker ask the dead sister in the Coda of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?

2. What fiction does Atwood write of in the poem "Shadow"?

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

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

5. What are the minds of the jack-o-lanterns filled with in the poem "Carving the Jacks"?

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