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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do we hear in the wind's plainsong at the end of "Improvisation on a First Line by Yeats"?
(a) The wind itself.
(b) The sea.
(c) The pebbles.
(d) The souls.

2. What do the new werewolves sing as they run through the world?
(a) Find me now!
(b) Belle dame!
(c) Freedom and power!
(d) Wind and rain!

3. What do the leaves in the garden remind the speaker of in "Tracking the Rain"?
(a) Plastic.
(b) Antique taffeta.
(c) Silk.
(d) Nylon.

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

5. What happens when the gods frown in "The Twilight of the Gods"?
(a) The weather is bad.
(b) Humans lose knowledge.
(c) Humans get sick.
(d) The days are longer.

6. What is the cancelled word in "Walking in the Madman's Wood"?
(a) Worsted.
(b) Last.
(c) First.
(d) Madman.

7. What did the madman once love in "Walking in the Madman's Wood"?
(a) The peacock.
(b) This wildland.
(c) The fog.
(d) The woodshed.

8. What kind of getups do the new werewolves wear in "Update on Werewolves"?
(a) Overalls.
(b) Evening wear.
(c) Sado French Vogue getups.
(d) Sweatsuits.

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

10. What does the speaker say humans are in "Fatal Light Awareness"?
(a) A curse.
(b) A miracle.
(c) A lost cause.
(d) A dying symphony.

11. What were all the werewolves in the old days in "Update on Werewolves"?
(a) Male.
(b) Tired.
(c) Sad.
(d) Angry.

12. What two things is "he" afraid of in "Fear of Birds"?
(a) Birds and trees.
(b) Birds and snow.
(c) Birds and guns.
(d) Birds and zombies.

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

14. In what way is a wolf courteous in "Short Takes on Wolves"?
(a) In the context of wolf culture.
(b) Up to a point.
(c) In the informal sense.
(d) In the formal sense.

15. What happens to the albatross in "Plasticene Suite"?
(a) It lets humans raise its young.
(b) It thrives in the caves.
(c) It is killed by hunters.
(d) It is killed by eating plastic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one advantage to plastics in the section of "Plasticene Suite" titled "The Bright Side"?

2. What do women not say on this side of the table in "At the Translation Conference"?

3. What does everyone cry when they see in the section of "Plasticene Suite" titled "Whales"?

4. What do plastics make lighter for carrying water in "The Bright Side"?

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

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