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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. Why, if victorious, did the scythians fight in the poem "Digging Up the Scythians"?
(a) For the loot.
(b) For the king's honor.
(c) For the glory.
(d) For the legends.

2. Who looks like a movie star in "Everyone Else's Sex Life"?
(a) Gymnasts.
(b) Only moviestars.
(c) No one.
(d) Rich people.

3. What does Cassandra fantasize about possessing in the poem "Cassandra Considers Declining the Gift"?
(a) A sturdy staff.
(b) A dark blue leather purse.
(c) Many dresses.
(d) Diamonds.

4. What does Atwood compare being in love to in "Everyone Else's Sex Life"?
(a) An expensive house.
(b) A demented rose-red circus tent.
(c) A really good movie.
(d) A pool.

5. What does the speaker implore her partner to do if she ever develops dementia in the poem "Ghost Cat"?
(a) Take care of her.
(b) Turn the key and bar the window.
(c) Send her to a care home.
(d) Call the children to care for her.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the woman working with in the poem "A Genre Painting"?

3. What happens when the speaker in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters" sings this song for her sister?

4. What does the speaker ask if one of the sisters is hunting in Part 5 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?

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

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