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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 do the new werewolves sing as they run through the world?
(a) Find me now!
(b) Belle dame!
(c) Wind and rain!
(d) Freedom and power!

2. In what way is a wolf courteous in "Short Takes on Wolves"?
(a) Up to a point.
(b) In the context of wolf culture.
(c) In the informal sense.
(d) In the formal sense.

3. What do the ravens understand in "This Fjord Looks Like a Lake"?
(a) Waned flesh.
(b) The march of time.
(c) How to heal the sick.
(d) How fickle humans are.

4. What is one feature of happy dreams of wolves in "Short Takes on Wolves"?
(a) Trees.
(b) Zombies.
(c) The tender bones of stupid caribou.
(d) Humans.

5. What does "some idiot" wish for in "Sorcerer's Apprentice"?
(a) Wind.
(b) Fire.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Salt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to whatever the Gods touch in "The Twilight of the Gods"?

2. What do the leaves in the garden remind the speaker of in "Tracking the Rain"?

3. What tense does not exist at the conference in "Translator's Conference"?

4. Who makes the machine in the section of "Plasticene Suite" titled "Sorcerer's Apprentice"?

5. What does the speaker say humans are in "Fatal Light Awareness"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the main message in "Heart of the Arctic"?

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

3. What is the problem in the old story of the Sorcerer's Apprentice in the poem by the same name?

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

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

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

7. What should have been inside the dead bird instead of plastic in the poem "Midway Island Albatross"?

8. What is the "bright side" of the modern era in the poem by the same title?

9. What is the "defining foliage of the oil age" in the poem "Foliage"?

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

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