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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 Rilke say poetry is in "Zombie"?
(a) The station.
(b) The past that breaks out in our hearts.
(c) The songs of our ancestors.
(d) The future.

2. What do wolf nightmares involve in "Short Takes on Wolves"?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Cars.
(c) Zombies.
(d) Trees.

3. What is one thing that has been done with old plastics in "Plasticene Suite"?
(a) Turning it into medicine.
(b) Turning it into oil.
(c) Turning it into solar energy.
(d) Turning it into rock.

4. Why do such tales end in flames in "Aflame"?
(a) Because the djinns want them to.
(b) Because the sorcerers made it this way.
(c) Because God wills them to.
(d) Because we want them to.

5. What does a wolf in pain admit in "Short Takes on Wolves"?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Fear.
(c) Everything.
(d) Guilt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the hard part in "Sorcerer's Apprentice"?

2. What happens in Part 7 of "The Aliens Arrive"?

3. What new type of era does the speaker in "Plasticene Suite" define?

4. What is the main problem with the plastics in the environment in "Plasticene Suite"?

5. What does the editor ask the speaker to do in the section of "Plasticene Suite" titled "Editor's Notes"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the two things "he" is afraid of in "Fear of Birds"?

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

3. What have many humans lost, according to the speaker in "Improvisation on a First Line by Yeats"?

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

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

6. What are some of the speaker's worries in the poem "Oh Children"?

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

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

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

10. How does the speaker in the poem "Feather" make sure not to waste?

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