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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 were all the werewolves in the old days in "Update on Werewolves"?
(a) Sad.
(b) Tired.
(c) Angry.
(d) Male.

2. What does the editor ask the speaker to do in the section of "Plasticene Suite" titled "Editor's Notes"?
(a) Write about scary things.
(b) Write about sad things.
(c) Be clearer.
(d) Pull back from exhortation and despair.

3. What is one advantage to plastics in the section of "Plasticene Suite" titled "The Bright Side"?
(a) There is better scaffolding for buildings.
(b) Things like plastic flowers last so long.
(c) Humans do not really need all these animals around.
(d) We have more options for our cars.

4. Where does the spider really like to be in the house in "Spider Signatures"?
(a) On the windowsill.
(b) Under the bookcase.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) Under the couch.

5. What happens in Part 7 of "The Aliens Arrive"?
(a) They look like rabbits and can not communicate.
(b) They look like snakes and want us to be mean to each other.
(c) They look like octopi and want us to be kind to each other.
(d) They look just like us and want to take over the earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do people say instead of "no" in "At the Translation Conference"?

2. When is every life a failure in "Feather"?

3. What crashes into the speaker's window in "Fatal Light Awareness"?

4. What happens to the albatross in "Plasticene Suite"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In quoting Rilke, what does Atwood say about poetry?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What are the advantages of having a spider in the house in the poem "Spider Signatures"?

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

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

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