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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. How is the woman in the painting looking out of it in "A Genre Painting"?
(a) Scheming.
(b) Through lowered lids.
(c) Through a glare.
(d) Aslant.

2. What does the editor suggest letting people do in "Editorial Notes"?
(a) Come to their own conclusions.
(b) Use the library more.
(c) Eat dinner whenever they want.
(d) Buy their own books.

3. What does the speaker wonder if the robot will do in "Little Robot"?
(a) Treat humans well.
(b) Find out the secret to life.
(c) Learn to love.
(d) Find a cure for illnesses that afflict humans.

4. What did everything once have, according to the speaker in "Improvisation on a First Line by Yeats"?
(a) A window into morality.
(b) A dark side.
(c) A soul.
(d) A right to live.

5. What kind of animal does Atwood equate with human souls in Part 5 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) Birds.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Cats.
(d) Mice.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the speaker not realize how good things were in the poem "Salt"?

3. What is the sister who is no longer there, now that she is gone, in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?

4. What happens in Part II of "The Aliens Arrive"?

5. What do the ravens ask the people in "This Fjord Looks Like a Lake"?

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