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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 do the aliens do to humans in Part 8 of "The Aliens Arrive"?
(a) They take all the humans back to their planets.
(b) They put humans in zoos and watch them have sex all day.
(c) They eat all the humans.
(d) They drown all the humans.

2. What do we hear in the wind's plainsong at the end of "Improvisation on a First Line by Yeats"?
(a) The sea.
(b) The pebbles.
(c) The wind itself.
(d) The souls.

3. What does Rilke say poetry is in "Zombie"?
(a) The future.
(b) The past that breaks out in our hearts.
(c) The station.
(d) The songs of our ancestors.

4. What do the new werewolves sing as they run through the world?
(a) Freedom and power!
(b) Wind and rain!
(c) Find me now!
(d) Belle dame!

5. What is the subject of the poem "Blizzard" curled up like?
(a) A fern.
(b) A snail.
(c) A comma.
(d) A cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is silk best for in the poem "Princess Clothing"?

2. What fiction does Atwood write of in the poem "Shadow"?

3. In Part I of "The Aliens Arrive," what happens?

4. What is caught in the glare of your stare in the poem "Betrayal"?

5. What kind of animal does Atwood equate with human souls in Part 5 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?

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