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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does everyone else's sex life seem like in the poem "Everyone Else's Sex Life"?
(a) Calm.
(b) Impossible.
(c) Trying.
(d) Fancy.

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

3. Why, if victorious, did the scythians fight in the poem "Digging Up the Scythians"?
(a) For the king's honor.
(b) For the legends.
(c) For the loot.
(d) For the glory.

4. What is caught in the glare of your stare in the poem "Betrayal"?
(a) The cat.
(b) Your child.
(c) Gauche flesh.
(d) The sunrise.

5. What is the first line of the poem "Shadow"?
(a) Someone wants your body.
(b) The light fades away from day.
(c) Be aware.
(d) Who has two?

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

7. Why were the old stories comforting in a way in the poem "The Dear Ones"?
(a) They said the sun will always rise.
(b) They said everyone has to be somewhere.
(c) They said humans would always survive.
(d) They said it all ends well.

8. What falls and falls in the end of the poem "A Drone Scans the Wreckage"?
(a) Snow.
(b) Fireflies.
(c) Teardrops.
(d) Ash.

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

10. What kind of flowers are in the painting in the poem "A Genre Painting"?
(a) Tulips.
(b) Daisies.
(c) Roses.
(d) Violets.

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

12. What does the speaker implore her partner to do if she ever develops dementia in the poem "Ghost Cat"?
(a) Send her to a care home.
(b) Call the children to care for her.
(c) Take care of her.
(d) Turn the key and bar the window.

13. What would be only fair in Part 7 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) For the sister to live on in in the afterlife.
(b) For the birds to be set free.
(c) For someone to kill the man who killed the sister.
(d) For summer to start again.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the coconut "materialize" in the poem "Coconut"?

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

3. What are Kahlo's colors in the poem "Frida Kahlo, San Miguel, Ash Wednesday"?

4. Who is the speaker concerned about in the poem "Blizzard"?

5. What happens if one "looks behind" in the poem "Salt"?

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