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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. Who makes the machine in the section of "Plasticene Suite" titled "Sorcerer's Apprentice"?
(a) Man.
(b) The Angel.
(c) The Devil.
(d) God.

2. What does the cat do in the poem "Ghost Cat"?
(a) Claws at the bedroom door waiting to be let in.
(b) Refuses to drink even milk.
(c) Kills the fish in the tank.
(d) Eats too much tuna.

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

4. What does Atwood compare being in love to in "Everyone Else's Sex Life"?
(a) A really good movie.
(b) A demented rose-red circus tent.
(c) An expensive house.
(d) A pool.

5. Who is in bed together in the poem "Betrayal"?
(a) No one.
(b) Your cat.
(c) Your lover and your friend.
(d) Your spouse and your best friend's spouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker say humans are in "Fatal Light Awareness"?

2. What does the speaker implore the rain to do in "Tracking the Rain"?

3. What does the spider catch in its net in "Spider Signatures"?

4. What is the hard part in "Sorcerer's Apprentice"?

5. Which of the following comparisons does Atwood use for late poems in the poem "Late Poems"?

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