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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the problems with the body in the poem "Shadow"?
(a) It attracts too much attention.
(b) It is liable to become ill.
(c) It is weak.
(d) It is fickle.

2. What defines cotton in the poem "Princess Clothing"?
(a) It is the mark of poverty.
(b) It is crackly.
(c) It is brown.
(d) It is soft.

3. What do hearts do in the poem "The Tin Woodwoman Gets a Massage"?
(a) Stop.
(b) Change.
(c) Hurt.
(d) Bleed.

4. Who has killed so many sisters over the years in Part 6 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) Other sisters.
(b) Evil spirits.
(c) Jealous parents.
(d) Fearful men.

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

6. What kinds of creatures also suffer from dementia in the poem "Ghost Cat"?
(a) Cats.
(b) Turtles.
(c) Birds.
(d) Dogs.

7. What happens when the speaker in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters" sings this song for her sister?
(a) This sister is not empty air any longer, she is there with the speaker.
(b) The speaker looks at the sunset.
(c) The speaker dies.
(d) The speaker cries.

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

9. What season is it in the end of Part 4 in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Fall.
(d) Winter.

10. What word does the speaker in the poem "September Mushrooms" imagine the mushrooms sent up before they withered?
(a) Mercy.
(b) Hail!
(c) Beware.
(d) Glory.

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

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

13. Who were the scythians in the poem "Digging Up the Scythians"?
(a) Servants.
(b) Queens.
(c) Warrior women and dagger girls.
(d) Kings.

14. Who is the speaker concerned about in the poem "Blizzard"?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Her mother.

15. What color does Cassandra want to dye her hair in the poem "Cassandra Considers Declining the Gift"?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Brown.
(d) Blond.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will survive us after we're gone in the poem "Carving the Jacks"?

2. What do the students like to pretend about the health teacher in "Health Class (1953)"?

3. What was wool worn next to the skin once symbolic of in the poem "Princess Clothing"?

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

5. Why do people give others souvenirs from vacations in the poem "Souvenir"?

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