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

2. How is the woman in the painting looking out of it in "A Genre Painting"?
(a) Through a glare.
(b) Scheming.
(c) Through lowered lids.
(d) Aslant.

3. What does the speaker say about most poems in the poem "Late Poems"?
(a) Most poems are from the future.
(b) Most poems are early.
(c) Most poems are sad.
(d) Most poems are late.

4. Why does the speaker not realize how good things were in the poem "Salt"?
(a) She was too ill.
(b) She was too sleepy.
(c) She was working too hard.
(d) She was too busy worrying.

5. What was wool worn next to the skin once symbolic of in the poem "Princess Clothing"?
(a) Poverty.
(b) An army decree.
(c) Weddings.
(d) Ceasefire.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the speaker concerned about in the poem "Blizzard"?

3. What does Atwood compare late poems to in the poem "Late Poems"?

4. What is the taste of the coconut mixed with in the poem "Coconut"?

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

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