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

2. How can one tell a wolf's mood in "Short Takes on Wolves"?
(a) By their fur.
(b) By their eyes.
(c) By the direction of their ears.
(d) By their growls.

3. 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 the teacher is funny.
(d) That they will all be successful one day.

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

5. What could the speaker do to save her sister if this were a story in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) Find the right prince.
(b) Get a witch to cast a spell.
(c) Speak a magic charm to bring her back.
(d) Give her a magic apple.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the speaker praise in the poem "If There Were No Emptiness"?

3. What question does the speaker ask the dead sister in the Coda of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?

4. What does the speaker imagine the cicadas' song is saying in the poem "Cicadas"?

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

(see the answer key)

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