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

2. What is caught in the glare of your stare in the poem "Betrayal"?
(a) The cat.
(b) Your child.
(c) Gauche flesh.
(d) The sunrise.

3. What does Atwood compare the subject of the poem "Blizzard" to?
(a) A diver plunged into a dangerous cave.
(b) A deer.
(c) A snow leopard.
(d) A diamond.

4. What does the speaker praise in the poem "If There Were No Emptiness"?
(a) Vacancy.
(b) Crowds.
(c) Masks.
(d) Vandalism.

5. Why, if victorious, did the scythians fight in the poem "Digging Up the Scythians"?
(a) For the glory.
(b) For the loot.
(c) For the legends.
(d) For the king's honor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the speaker in the poem "Souvenir" appear more often than she used to?

2. Why were the old stories comforting in a way in the poem "The Dear Ones"?

3. What is "anything saved" equal to in the poem "A Drone Scans the Wreckage"?

4. What do the children smash in the poem "Frida Kahlo, San Miguel, Ash Wednesday"?

5. What is the taste of the coconut mixed with in the poem "Coconut"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Atwood compare "late poems" to in the poem by the same title?

2. What does the speaker's mother in the poem "Blizzard" fight?

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

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

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

6. In the poem "Aflame," what is happening to the world?

7. What gift does Cassandra have in the poem "Cassandra Considers Declining the Gift"?

8. What does Atwood use the ghost cat in the poem by the same titled to symbolize?

9. What would be the advantage to slugs reproducing by bud or spore, according to Atwood in "Double-Entry Slug Sex"?

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

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