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

2. What is already dissolving in the shore water in "Heart of the Arctic"?
(a) An otter.
(b) A sandwich.
(c) A plastic ring.
(d) A jellyfish.

3. What does everyone cry when they see in the section of "Plasticene Suite" titled "Whales"?
(a) The shark carrying the fish.
(b) The whale carrying her dead calf.
(c) The tangled birds in the sea.
(d) The person carrying the dead calf.

4. What happens to whatever the Gods touch in "The Twilight of the Gods"?
(a) It grows.
(b) It turns to dust.
(c) It turns red.
(d) It takes on a life of its own.

5. What color does Cassandra want to dye her hair in the poem "Cassandra Considers Declining the Gift"?
(a) Red.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blond.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Atwood compare the subject of the poem "Blizzard" to?

2. Who makes the machine in the section of "Plasticene Suite" titled "Sorcerer's Apprentice"?

3. What do the humans wonder about the siren in the poem "Siren Brooding on Her Eggs"?

4. What does everyone else's sex life seem like in the poem "Everyone Else's Sex Life"?

5. How is time laid out in the poem "Salt"?

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