View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the speaker say her passport photos looks like in the poem "Passports"?
(a) A cat.
(b) An ill person.
(c) A child.
(d) A woman who has just been arrested.

3. Why does the speaker in the poem "September Mushrooms" miss the mushrooms again this year?
(a) She was scared of the mushrooms.
(b) She had just lost her home in a flood.
(c) She was ill.
(d) She was immersed elsewhere.

4. What would be only fair in Part 7 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) For someone to kill the man who killed the sister.
(b) For the birds to be set free.
(c) For the sister to live on in in the afterlife.
(d) For summer to start again.

5. What fiction does Atwood write of in the poem "Shadow"?
(a) The fiction that this one likes you.
(b) The fiction that you can live forever.
(c) The fiction that all family ties are strong.
(d) The fiction that anyone is owed anything in life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What goes on calling in the end of the poem "The Dear Ones"?

2. Why does the speaker in the poem "Salt" say it is tempting to "look back"?

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

4. What question does the speaker wonder about her dead sister in Part 7 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?

5. What is the subject of the poem "Blizzard" curled up like?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 338 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample