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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who looks like a movie star in "Everyone Else's Sex Life"?
(a) No one.
(b) Rich people.
(c) Only moviestars.
(d) Gymnasts.
2. What kind of animal does Atwood equate with human souls in Part 5 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) Cats.
(b) Birds.
(c) Mice.
(d) Dogs.
3. What are Kahlo's colors in the poem "Frida Kahlo, San Miguel, Ash Wednesday"?
(a) Mauve and orange.
(b) Azure, sunset, and blood.
(c) Green and blue.
(d) Purple and ochre.
4. What season is it in the end of Part 4 in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) Summer.
(b) Fall.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.
5. What word does the speaker in the poem "September Mushrooms" imagine the mushrooms sent up before they withered?
(a) Hail!
(b) Beware.
(c) Mercy.
(d) Glory.
6. What question does the speaker wonder about her dead sister in Part 7 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) If the dead sister would forgive her murderer or not.
(b) If the dead sister wanted to have children.
(c) If the dead sister will live on in dreams.
(d) If the dead sister's soul is at peace.
7. What fiction does Atwood write of in the poem "Shadow"?
(a) The fiction that anyone is owed anything in life.
(b) The fiction that this one likes you.
(c) The fiction that you can live forever.
(d) The fiction that all family ties are strong.
8. What color is anger in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) Blue.
(b) White.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.
9. What could the speaker do to save her sister if this were a story in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) Give her a magic apple.
(b) Find the right prince.
(c) Get a witch to cast a spell.
(d) Speak a magic charm to bring her back.
10. What does the speaker imagine the cicadas' song is saying in the poem "Cicadas"?
(a) Never.
(b) Go!
(c) Now.
(d) When?
11. Where does the speaker in the poem "Souvenir" appear more often than she used to?
(a) Other people's dreams.
(b) Pizza restaurants.
(c) Funeral parlors.
(d) The park.
12. Which of the speaker's cats was smart enough to evade the vet in the poem "Ghost Cat"?
(a) The white one.
(b) The calico.
(c) The tabby one.
(d) The black one.
13. What question does the speaker ask the dead sister in the Coda of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) If you were a song, what song would you be?
(b) Are you in pain?
(c) Can you see the sunset, still?
(d) Are you a flower or a well?
14. Why, if victorious, did the scythians fight in the poem "Digging Up the Scythians"?
(a) For the legends.
(b) For the loot.
(c) For the glory.
(d) For the king's honor.
15. What happens to Cassandra's hometown in the poem "Cassandra Considers Declining the Gift"?
(a) It burns down.
(b) It flourishes.
(c) It is swept away in a flood.
(d) It is struck by lightening.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why do people give others souvenirs from vacations in the poem "Souvenir"?
2. What is caught in the glare of your stare in the poem "Betrayal"?
3. What are the minds of the jack-o-lanterns filled with in the poem "Carving the Jacks"?
4. Why does the speaker in the poem "Salt" say it is tempting to "look back"?
5. What is the taste of the coconut mixed with in the poem "Coconut"?
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