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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 plastic "rock" look like in "Plasticene Suite"?
(a) Red.
(b) Black and striped and slippery.
(c) Purple and striated.
(d) Blue and yellow.

2. What does Yeats speak about loving in "Improvisations on a First Line by Yeats"?
(a) Bagels.
(b) Bare hills and stunted trees.
(c) Wind and rain.
(d) Sea breezes.

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

4. What is the robot designed to do in the section of "Plasticene Suite" titled "Little Robot"?
(a) Eat like a human.
(b) Learn like a child.
(c) Write.
(d) Read.

5. How can one tell a wolf's mood in "Short Takes on Wolves"?
(a) By their growls.
(b) By their eyes.
(c) By their fur.
(d) By the direction of their ears.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the defining foliage of the oil age differ from true foliage in "Plasticene Suite"?

2. What did everything once have, according to the speaker in "Improvisation on a First Line by Yeats"?

3. What is the outdoor gear of the "darlings" like in "Heart of the Arctic"?

4. Where do "we gods" preside in "The Twilight of the Gods"?

5. What does the editor suggest letting people do in "Editorial Notes"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the editor in the poem "Editorial Notes" suggest the speaker do for the readers?

2. What is the problem with plastics in the poem "Faint Hopes"?

3. What does the siren wonder about in the poem "Siren Brooding on Her Eggs"?

4. What play on words does Atwood introduce in the poem "Plasticene Suite"?

5. What does the speaker think about the world in the poem "Walking in the Madman's Wood"?

6. In the poem "Fatal Light Awareness," what do we know that the birds do not?

7. Why does the speaker insinuate people are so desperate for rain in the poem "Tracking the Rain"?

8. What can one tell by a wolf's ears in the poem "Short Takes on Wolves"?

9. How does Atwood reimagine werewolves in the poem "Update on Werewolves"?

10. What does the speaker in the poem "Little Robot" worry the robot might do?

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