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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 does the speaker imagine the cicadas' song is saying in the poem "Cicadas"?
(a) Never.
(b) Go!
(c) When?
(d) Now.

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

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

4. What does Atwood compare the subject of the poem "Blizzard" to?
(a) A diamond.
(b) A diver plunged into a dangerous cave.
(c) A deer.
(d) A snow leopard.

5. What was standing there when the door was opened in Part 3 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) Sunset.
(b) Life.
(c) Desire.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the drone seem to wonder in the poem "A Drone Scans the Wreckage"?

2. What do the speaker's passports photos remind her of in the poem "Passports"?

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

4. Which of the speaker's cats was smart enough to evade the vet in the poem "Ghost Cat"?

5. What lies in the ditch in the poem "Princess Clothing"?

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