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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 52 - 77).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do women not say on this side of the table in "At the Translation Conference"?
(a) Maybe.
(b) Never.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

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

4. What does the speaker praise in the poem "If There Were No Emptiness"?
(a) Vacancy.
(b) Crowds.
(c) Vandalism.
(d) Masks.

5. What happens to Cassandra's hometown in the poem "Cassandra Considers Declining the Gift"?
(a) It burns down.
(b) It is swept away in a flood.
(c) It is struck by lightening.
(d) It flourishes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the problems with the body in the poem "Shadow"?

2. Which of the following comparisons does Atwood use for late poems in the poem "Late Poems"?

3. What kind of flowers are in the painting in the poem "A Genre Painting"?

4. What two things is "he" afraid of in "Fear of Birds"?

5. What does a wolf in pain admit in "Short Takes on Wolves"?

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