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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 24).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What defines cotton in the poem "Princess Clothing"?
(a) It is the mark of poverty.
(b) It is soft.
(c) It is crackly.
(d) It is brown.

2. What does the speaker praise in the poem "If There Were No Emptiness"?
(a) Vandalism.
(b) Masks.
(c) Crowds.
(d) Vacancy.

3. What does Atwood compare late poems to in the poem "Late Poems"?
(a) A cat.
(b) An old friend.
(c) The past.
(d) A letter from a sailor that arrives after he has drowned.

4. What do hearts do in the poem "The Tin Woodwoman Gets a Massage"?
(a) Bleed.
(b) Hurt.
(c) Stop.
(d) Change.

5. What lies in the ditch in the poem "Princess Clothing"?
(a) Money.
(b) Ripped clothes.
(c) A dead skunk.
(d) A woman's torso.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the speaker's passports photos remind her of in the poem "Passports"?

2. What do the students like to pretend about the health teacher in "Health Class (1953)"?

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

4. What did the speaker's mother used to say in the poem "Blizzard"?

5. What happens if one "looks behind" in the poem "Salt"?

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