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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is Frida Kahlo everywhere in the poem "Frida Kahlo, San Miguel, Ash Wednesday"?
(a) In the museums.
(b) In the river reflection.
(c) In the pillow covers.
(d) In the souvenir arcade.

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

4. Which of the speaker's cats was smart enough to evade the vet in the poem "Ghost Cat"?
(a) The black one.
(b) The calico.
(c) The tabby one.
(d) The white one.

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

6. What is the sister who is no longer there, now that she is gone, in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) A memory.
(b) A painting in shadow.
(c) A song.
(d) An empty chair, or simply air.

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

8. What are Kahlo's colors in the poem "Frida Kahlo, San Miguel, Ash Wednesday"?
(a) Azure, sunset, and blood.
(b) Purple and ochre.
(c) Mauve and orange.
(d) Green and blue.

9. What kind of animal does Atwood equate with human souls in Part 5 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Mice.
(c) Birds.
(d) Cats.

10. What fiction does Atwood write of in the poem "Shadow"?
(a) The fiction that this one likes you.
(b) The fiction that all family ties are strong.
(c) The fiction that anyone is owed anything in life.
(d) The fiction that you can live forever.

11. What does the speaker say her passport photos looks like in the poem "Passports"?
(a) A cat.
(b) A child.
(c) A woman who has just been arrested.
(d) An ill person.

12. What was wool worn next to the skin once symbolic of in the poem "Princess Clothing"?
(a) Weddings.
(b) Poverty.
(c) An army decree.
(d) Ceasefire.

13. What did the speaker's mother used to say in the poem "Blizzard"?
(a) Let's play in the snow.
(b) It's just a blizzard.
(c) Let's go out and fight the storm.
(d) Let's find some flowers in the snow.

14. What does the speaker drive into the soft eyes of the coconut in the poem "Coconut"?
(a) A paperclip.
(b) A pin.
(c) A long steel nail.
(d) A rope.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does the speaker wonder about her dead sister in Part 7 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?

2. What does the speaker praise in the poem "If There Were No Emptiness"?

3. What is the subject of the poem "Blizzard" curled up like?

4. What does Atwood compare the subject of the poem "Blizzard" to?

5. What does Atwood compare late poems to in the poem "Late Poems"?

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