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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 will survive us after we're gone in the poem "Carving the Jacks"?
(a) The songs.
(b) The work of our knives.
(c) The stories.
(d) The darkness.

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

3. Where does the coconut "materialize" in the poem "Coconut"?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The attic.
(c) The cellar.
(d) The office.

4. What do the students like to pretend about the health teacher in "Health Class (1953)"?
(a) That the teacher is stupid.
(b) That the teacher is kind.
(c) That they will all be successful one day.
(d) That the teacher is funny.

5. What is "anything saved" equal to in the poem "A Drone Scans the Wreckage"?
(a) Prayer.
(b) Longitude.
(c) Failure.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first line of the poem "Shadow"?

2. What do people also save along with passports in the poem "Passports"?

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

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

5. What does Cassandra fantasize about possessing in the poem "Cassandra Considers Declining the Gift"?

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