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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one of the problems with the body in the poem "Shadow"?
(a) It is weak.
(b) It is fickle.
(c) It attracts too much attention.
(d) It is liable to become ill.

2. 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 someone to kill the man who killed the sister.
(c) For summer to start again.
(d) For the birds to be set free.

3. What happens to Cassandra's hometown in the poem "Cassandra Considers Declining the Gift"?
(a) It is swept away in a flood.
(b) It burns down.
(c) It flourishes.
(d) It is struck by lightening.

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

5. What goes on calling in the end of the poem "The Dear Ones"?
(a) The sorrow.
(b) The dawn.
(c) The rage.
(d) The mystery.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the speaker's passports photos remind her of in the poem "Passports"?

2. What does the speaker imagine the cicadas' song is saying in the poem "Cicadas"?

3. What question does the speaker ask the dead sister in the Coda of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?

4. What do people also save along with passports in the poem "Passports"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of the mushrooms in the poem "September Mushrooms"?

2. What kind of people were the Scythians in the poem "Digging Up the Scythians"?

3. What happens when the Tin Woodwoman gets a massage in the poem by the same name?

4. What are some contradictions about cicadas in the poem by the same title?

5. What is the problem with souvenirs, according to the speaker in the poem by the same name?

6. Why should one avoid wearing cotton when making recordings, according to the poem "Princess Clothing"?

7. What is the poem "Betrayal" about?

8. What does the speaker in "Everyone Else's Sex Life" think about everyone else's sex life?

9. In the poem "Health Class (1953)," why does the teacher scare the students?

10. Why does the speaker implore people to keep their clothes on in the poem "Everyone Else's Sex Life"?

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