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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the plastic "rock" look like in "Plasticene Suite"?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue and yellow.
(c) Purple and striated.
(d) Black and striped and slippery.

2. What is easy in the poem "Sorcerer's Apprentice"?
(a) Finding a way to the adventure.
(b) Getting the machine going.
(c) Finding a way home.
(d) Getting help.

3. What keeps getting thrown out into the sea in our version of "Sorcerer's Apprentice"?
(a) Plastic.
(b) People.
(c) Plants.
(d) Oil.

4. What is it bad luck to do in the poem "Spider Signatures"?
(a) Kill a spider in the house.
(b) Feed a spider to the birds.
(c) Name a spider.
(d) Eat a spider.

5. In Part I of "The Aliens Arrive," what happens?
(a) They look like us, so we accept them.
(b) They are small and weak, so we kill them.
(c) They are smarter than us, and carnivorous - you know the rest.
(d) They die in our atmosphere.

6. What do the ravens ask the people in "This Fjord Looks Like a Lake"?
(a) Are you here to harm us?
(b) When will our time come?
(c) Will you be next?
(d) Why do you leave so many plastics lying around?

7. What format does Atwood use for the poem "The Aliens Arrive"?
(a) Eight one-line poems.
(b) Nine late-night movies.
(c) Four haikus.
(d) Ten vignettes.

8. What does a wolf in pain admit in "Short Takes on Wolves"?
(a) Everything.
(b) Fear.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Nothing.

9. What season is it in "Walking in the Madman's Wood"?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Fall.

10. What does Rilke say poetry is in "Zombie"?
(a) The songs of our ancestors.
(b) The future.
(c) The past that breaks out in our hearts.
(d) The station.

11. What has been long-abandoned near the ponds in "This Fjord Looks Like a Lake"?
(a) Graves.
(b) Reason.
(c) Birds.
(d) Books.

12. What does the speaker implore the rain to do in "Tracking the Rain"?
(a) Let it come down.
(b) Stop.
(c) Flood the earth.
(d) Be kind.

13. Where are we living now, according to the speaker in "Tracking the Rain"?
(a) In a desert.
(b) On the tundra.
(c) In a normal house.
(d) Inside a dry red bubble.

14. What does everyone cry when they see in the section of "Plasticene Suite" titled "Whales"?
(a) The tangled birds in the sea.
(b) The whale carrying her dead calf.
(c) The shark carrying the fish.
(d) The person carrying the dead calf.

15. What do plastics make "clear as whistling" in "The Bright Side"?
(a) Visions seen through plastic contact lenses.
(b) Voices over telephones.
(c) Visions seen through plastic glasses lenses.
(d) Songs in microphones.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will the baby sirens be "ravenous" with in "Siren Brooding on her Eggs"?

2. What does Yeats speak about loving in "Improvisations on a First Line by Yeats"?

3. What is the hard part in "Sorcerer's Apprentice"?

4. What happens in Part 7 of "The Aliens Arrive"?

5. What kind of clothing did werewolves used to wear in "Update on Werewolves"?

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