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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 implore the reader to do in the last stanza of "Late Poems"?
(a) Turn down the bedcovers.
(b) Turn up the light.
(c) Turn down the music.
(d) Turn up the radio.

2. What color does Cassandra want to dye her hair in the poem "Cassandra Considers Declining the Gift"?
(a) Brown.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Blond.

3. How is time laid out in the poem "Salt"?
(a) Like a photo album.
(b) Like a picnic.
(c) Like a movie.
(d) Like a diagram.

4. What do the new werewolves sing as they run through the world?
(a) Belle dame!
(b) Wind and rain!
(c) Freedom and power!
(d) Find me now!

5. What kind of animal does Atwood equate with human souls in Part 5 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) Birds.
(b) Mice.
(c) Dogs.
(d) Cats.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do wolf nightmares involve in "Short Takes on Wolves"?

2. Why, if victorious, did the scythians fight in the poem "Digging Up the Scythians"?

3. What are Kahlo's colors in the poem "Frida Kahlo, San Miguel, Ash Wednesday"?

4. Who were the scythians in the poem "Digging Up the Scythians"?

5. What does the health teacher in the poem "Health Class" tell her students the classroom is NOT?

(see the answer key)

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