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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 does the plastic "rock" look like in "Plasticene Suite"?
(a) Black and striped and slippery.
(b) Blue and yellow.
(c) Red.
(d) Purple and striated.

2. What does Atwood compare the subject of the poem "Blizzard" to?
(a) A diver plunged into a dangerous cave.
(b) A deer.
(c) A diamond.
(d) A snow leopard.

3. Why does the speaker in the poem "September Mushrooms" miss the mushrooms again this year?
(a) She was scared of the mushrooms.
(b) She was ill.
(c) She was immersed elsewhere.
(d) She had just lost her home in a flood.

4. What was standing there when the door was opened in Part 3 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) Sunset.
(b) Desire.
(c) Life.
(d) Death.

5. What is the problem with the silver slippers in "Silver Slippers"?
(a) All of their wishes have been used up.
(b) They are actually gold, not silver.
(c) They are too tight.
(d) They have holes in them.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the woman in the painting looking out of it in "A Genre Painting"?

2. What question does the speaker ask the dead sister in the Coda of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?

3. What does the speaker and others leave behind them as they skim through time in "Winter Vacations"?

4. Why does the spider dislike the floor in "Spider Signatures"?

5. What is the outdoor gear of the "darlings" like in "Heart of the Arctic"?

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