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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV (Pages 78 - 100).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "some idiot" wish for in "Sorcerer's Apprentice"?
(a) Fire.
(b) Wind.
(c) Salt.
(d) Chocolate.

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

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

4. What do plastics make lighter for carrying water in "The Bright Side"?
(a) Glasses.
(b) Umbrellas.
(c) Buckets.
(d) Container ships.

5. What happens when the speaker in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters" sings this song for her sister?
(a) The speaker looks at the sunset.
(b) The speaker cries.
(c) The speaker dies.
(d) This sister is not empty air any longer, she is there with the speaker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does everyone cry when they see in the section of "Plasticene Suite" titled "Whales"?

2. What has been long-abandoned near the ponds in "This Fjord Looks Like a Lake"?

3. What is one feature of happy dreams of wolves in "Short Takes on Wolves"?

4. Why does the speaker in the poem "September Mushrooms" miss the mushrooms again this year?

5. What is one advantage to plastics in the section of "Plasticene Suite" titled "The Bright Side"?

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