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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 25 - 51).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the health teacher in the poem "Health Class" tell her students the classroom is NOT?
(a) A three-ring circus.
(b) A barn.
(c) A kitchen.
(d) A dance.

2. What does the speaker drive into the soft eyes of the coconut in the poem "Coconut"?
(a) A rope.
(b) A paperclip.
(c) A pin.
(d) A long steel nail.

3. Why were the old stories comforting in a way in the poem "The Dear Ones"?
(a) They said the sun will always rise.
(b) They said it all ends well.
(c) They said everyone has to be somewhere.
(d) They said humans would always survive.

4. 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.

5. What was standing there when the door was opened in Part 3 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) Life.
(b) Desire.
(c) Sunset.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Atwood compare the subject of the poem "Blizzard" to?

3. What is caught in the glare of your stare in the poem "Betrayal"?

4. What does the speaker imagine the cicadas' song is saying in the poem "Cicadas"?

5. Where does the coconut "materialize" in the poem "Coconut"?

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