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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 52 - 77).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the speaker imagine the cicadas' song is saying in the poem "Cicadas"?
(a) Now.
(b) Never.
(c) When?
(d) Go!

2. What was wool worn next to the skin once symbolic of in the poem "Princess Clothing"?
(a) Weddings.
(b) Ceasefire.
(c) An army decree.
(d) Poverty.

3. Which of the speaker's cats was smart enough to evade the vet in the poem "Ghost Cat"?
(a) The calico.
(b) The white one.
(c) The black one.
(d) The tabby one.

4. What made a comeback for people to buy after the war in the poem "Coconut"?
(a) Pizza.
(b) Oranges.
(c) Milk.
(d) Chocolate.

5. How do the feathers fall in "Feather"?
(a) Like the wind.
(b) Only by handfuls.
(c) One at a time.
(d) Like a rainstorm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker implore her partner to do if she ever develops dementia in the poem "Ghost Cat"?

2. What do hearts do in the poem "The Tin Woodwoman Gets a Massage"?

3. What is it bad luck to do in the poem "Spider Signatures"?

4. What does Atwood compare late poems to in the poem "Late Poems"?

5. What kind of flowers are in the painting in the poem "A Genre Painting"?

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