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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. Who is in bed together in the poem "Betrayal"?
(a) Your cat.
(b) Your spouse and your best friend's spouse.
(c) No one.
(d) Your lover and your friend.

2. What are the minds of the jack-o-lanterns filled with in the poem "Carving the Jacks"?
(a) Stories.
(b) Nothing but flame.
(c) Kindness.
(d) Horror.

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

4. How can one tell a wolf's mood in "Short Takes on Wolves"?
(a) By the direction of their ears.
(b) By their growls.
(c) By their fur.
(d) By their eyes.

5. Why, if victorious, did the scythians fight in the poem "Digging Up the Scythians"?
(a) For the loot.
(b) For the legends.
(c) For the king's honor.
(d) For the glory.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the speaker in the poem "Souvenir" appear more often than she used to?

2. What does the speaker implore the reader to do in the last stanza of "Late Poems"?

3. How many eyes does the drone have in the poem "A Drone Scans the Wreckage"?

4. Which of the speaker's cats was smart enough to evade the vet in the poem "Ghost Cat"?

5. What color does Cassandra want to dye her hair in the poem "Cassandra Considers Declining the Gift"?

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