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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 103 - 122).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is anger in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

2. What is caught in the glare of your stare in the poem "Betrayal"?
(a) The sunrise.
(b) Your child.
(c) Gauche flesh.
(d) The cat.

3. What did the speaker's mother used to say in the poem "Blizzard"?
(a) Let's play in the snow.
(b) Let's go out and fight the storm.
(c) Let's find some flowers in the snow.
(d) It's just a blizzard.

4. Why does the spider dislike the floor in "Spider Signatures"?
(a) It is too visible there.
(b) It is too wet there.
(c) There are too many human feet there.
(d) It is too cold there.

5. What format does Atwood use for the poem "The Aliens Arrive"?
(a) Four haikus.
(b) Ten vignettes.
(c) Nine late-night movies.
(d) Eight one-line poems.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does everyone else's sex life seem like in the poem "Everyone Else's Sex Life"?

2. What does the speaker say her passport photos looks like in the poem "Passports"?

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

4. What tense does not exist at the conference in "Translator's Conference"?

5. What is the speaker traveling faster than in "Winter Vacations"?

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