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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 Yeats speak about loving in "Improvisations on a First Line by Yeats"?
(a) Bagels.
(b) Wind and rain.
(c) Sea breezes.
(d) Bare hills and stunted trees.

2. What is happening to the world in "Aflame"?
(a) It is burning up.
(b) It is getting destroyed by microbes.
(c) It is drowning.
(d) It is hurtling off of orbit.

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

4. Which of the speaker's cats was smart enough to evade the vet in the poem "Ghost Cat"?
(a) The black one.
(b) The tabby one.
(c) The calico.
(d) The white one.

5. Where does the spider really like to be in the house in "Spider Signatures"?
(a) Under the bookcase.
(b) On the windowsill.
(c) Under the couch.
(d) In the kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the children smash in the poem "Frida Kahlo, San Miguel, Ash Wednesday"?

2. What kind of clothing did werewolves used to wear in "Update on Werewolves"?

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

4. What does the speaker implore the reader to do in the last stanza of "Late Poems"?

5. Who is wrenched up by the sun in "Walking in the Madman's Wood"?

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