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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 does the speaker imagine the cicadas' song is saying in the poem "Cicadas"?
(a) Never.
(b) When?
(c) Go!
(d) Now.
2. Why, if victorious, did the scythians fight in the poem "Digging Up the Scythians"?
(a) For the loot.
(b) For the king's honor.
(c) For the legends.
(d) For the glory.
3. What does the speaker drive into the soft eyes of the coconut in the poem "Coconut"?
(a) A rope.
(b) A paperclip.
(c) A long steel nail.
(d) A pin.
4. What do the children smash in the poem "Frida Kahlo, San Miguel, Ash Wednesday"?
(a) Hollowed eggs.
(b) Books.
(c) Plastics.
(d) Glasses.
5. What happens if one "looks behind" in the poem "Salt"?
(a) He turns to marshmallow.
(b) He turns to stone.
(c) His hair falls out.
(d) He turns to salt.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the drone seem to wonder in the poem "A Drone Scans the Wreckage"?
2. What do the speaker's passports photos remind her of in the poem "Passports"?
3. Who were the scythians in the poem "Digging Up the Scythians"?
4. What do the hinges of the speaker's joints creak like in the poem "The Tin Woodwoman Gets a Massage"?
5. What did the speaker's mother used to say in the poem "Blizzard"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the problem with souvenirs, according to the speaker in the poem by the same name?
2. What are the images in tension with each other in the poem titled "A Genre Painting"?
3. What kinds of stories did the people used to tell in the poem "The Dear Ones?"
4. What does the speaker in "Everyone Else's Sex Life" think about everyone else's sex life?
5. What does Atwood use the ghost cat in the poem by the same titled to symbolize?
6. How does the speaker in the poem "Passports" feel about aging?
7. In the poem "Frida Kahlo, San Miguel, Ash Wednesday," where does Frida Kahlo live on?
8. What does Atwood compare "late poems" to in the poem by the same title?
9. How do the murdered sisters die in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
10. Why should one avoid wearing cotton when making recordings, according to the poem "Princess Clothing"?
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