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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 will the baby sirens be "ravenous" with in "Siren Brooding on her Eggs"?
(a) Appetite.
(b) Song.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Desire.

2. What does the neon sign in "Everyone Else's Sex Life" say?
(a) Love! This Way! In!
(b) Help!
(c) Bombs Away!
(d) Beware.

3. How does the defining foliage of the oil age differ from true foliage in "Plasticene Suite"?
(a) It likes the wind.
(b) It is red.
(c) It is rootless.
(d) It is tough.

4. What do the speaker's passports photos remind her of in the poem "Passports"?
(a) A person moving backwards in time.
(b) An ill person.
(c) A child.
(d) A mermaid doomed to appear onshore every five years.

5. What do women not say on this side of the table in "At the Translation Conference"?
(a) Maybe.
(b) No.
(c) Never.
(d) Yes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What two things is "he" afraid of in "Fear of Birds"?

2. What does Cassandra fantasize about possessing in the poem "Cassandra Considers Declining the Gift"?

3. Why do such tales end in flames in "Aflame"?

4. What format does Atwood use for the poem "The Aliens Arrive"?

5. What word does the speaker in the poem "September Mushrooms" imagine the mushrooms sent up before they withered?

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