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

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

3. What do the children smash in the poem "Frida Kahlo, San Miguel, Ash Wednesday"?
(a) Books.
(b) Plastics.
(c) Hollowed eggs.
(d) Glasses.

4. What is the first line of the poem "Shadow"?
(a) Be aware.
(b) The light fades away from day.
(c) Someone wants your body.
(d) Who has two?

5. What would be only fair in Part 7 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) For the birds to be set free.
(b) For summer to start again.
(c) For someone to kill the man who killed the sister.
(d) For the sister to live on in in the afterlife.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has killed so many sisters over the years in Part 6 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?

2. What was standing there when the door was opened in Part 3 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?

3. What kinds of creatures also suffer from dementia in the poem "Ghost Cat"?

4. What made a comeback for people to buy after the war in the poem "Coconut"?

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

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