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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. Who is in bed together in the poem "Betrayal"?
(a) No one.
(b) Your spouse and your best friend's spouse.
(c) Your lover and your friend.
(d) Your cat.

2. What happens if one "looks behind" in the poem "Salt"?
(a) His hair falls out.
(b) He turns to marshmallow.
(c) He turns to stone.
(d) He turns to salt.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is the woman in the painting looking out of it in "A Genre Painting"?

3. What do hearts do in the poem "The Tin Woodwoman Gets a Massage"?

4. What does the neon sign in "Everyone Else's Sex Life" say?

5. What does the speaker drive into the soft eyes of the coconut in the poem "Coconut"?

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