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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 103 - 122).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the robot designed to do in the section of "Plasticene Suite" titled "Little Robot"?
(a) Write.
(b) Eat like a human.
(c) Read.
(d) Learn like a child.

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

3. What is the main problem with the plastics in the environment in "Plasticene Suite"?
(a) Animals like to use them to build homes.
(b) People like to see them in nature too much.
(c) There is an overwhelming amount of them.
(d) There are not enough of them.

4. What does the speaker fear the children will grow up without in "Oh Children"?
(a) Birds.
(b) Computers.
(c) Fathers.
(d) Social Media.

5. What happens when a human comes across the spider too suddenly in "Spider Signatures"?
(a) She faints.
(b) She falls asleep.
(c) She vomits.
(d) She screams.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what way is a wolf courteous in "Short Takes on Wolves"?

2. What does the cat do in the poem "Ghost Cat"?

3. What kind of flowers are in the painting in the poem "A Genre Painting"?

4. What do the speaker's passports photos remind her of in the poem "Passports"?

5. How does the defining foliage of the oil age differ from true foliage in "Plasticene Suite"?

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