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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. Who is the speaker concerned about in the poem "Blizzard"?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her husband.
2. What does Cassandra fantasize about possessing in the poem "Cassandra Considers Declining the Gift"?
(a) A sturdy staff.
(b) Many dresses.
(c) A dark blue leather purse.
(d) Diamonds.
3. What is the woman working with in the poem "A Genre Painting"?
(a) A gun.
(b) A knife.
(c) A scissors.
(d) A woodworking tool.
4. What happens if one "looks behind" in the poem "Salt"?
(a) He turns to stone.
(b) He turns to marshmallow.
(c) His hair falls out.
(d) He turns to salt.
5. What word does the speaker in the poem "September Mushrooms" imagine the mushrooms sent up before they withered?
(a) Beware.
(b) Hail!
(c) Mercy.
(d) Glory.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Atwood compare being in love to in "Everyone Else's Sex Life"?
2. What would be only fair in Part 7 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
3. What kinds of creatures also suffer from dementia in the poem "Ghost Cat"?
4. What is silk best for in the poem "Princess Clothing"?
5. What does the cat do in the poem "Ghost Cat"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when the Tin Woodwoman gets a massage in the poem by the same name?
2. In the poem "Frida Kahlo, San Miguel, Ash Wednesday," where does Frida Kahlo live on?
3. Why should one avoid wearing cotton when making recordings, according to the poem "Princess Clothing"?
4. How do the murdered sisters die in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
5. In the poem "Salt," what does Atwood warn will happen if one spends too much time in the past?
6. Why does the speaker implore people to keep their clothes on in the poem "Everyone Else's Sex Life"?
7. What would be the advantage to slugs reproducing by bud or spore, according to Atwood in "Double-Entry Slug Sex"?
8. What is the poem "Betrayal" about?
9. Why do people carve jack-o-lanterns in the poem "Carving the Jacks"?
10. What does Atwood use the ghost cat in the poem by the same titled to symbolize?
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