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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. 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?

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

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

4. What word does the speaker in the poem "September Mushrooms" imagine the mushrooms sent up before they withered?
(a) Mercy.
(b) Hail!
(c) Beware.
(d) Glory.

5. In Part I of "The Aliens Arrive," what happens?
(a) They look like us, so we accept them.
(b) They die in our atmosphere.
(c) They are smarter than us, and carnivorous - you know the rest.
(d) They are small and weak, so we kill them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tense does not exist at the conference in "Translator's Conference"?

2. What is the taste of the coconut mixed with in the poem "Coconut"?

3. What do people say instead of "no" in "At the Translation Conference"?

4. What format does Atwood use for the poem "The Aliens Arrive"?

5. How can one tell a wolf's mood in "Short Takes on Wolves"?

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