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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 leaves in the garden remind the speaker of in "Tracking the Rain"?
(a) Silk.
(b) Antique taffeta.
(c) Plastic.
(d) Nylon.

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

3. What happens to the albatross in "Plasticene Suite"?
(a) It thrives in the caves.
(b) It is killed by eating plastic.
(c) It lets humans raise its young.
(d) It is killed by hunters.

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

5. What crashes into the speaker's window in "Fatal Light Awareness"?
(a) A lion.
(b) A deer.
(c) A thrush.
(d) A skunk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What format does Atwood use for the poem "The Aliens Arrive"?

2. What does Yeats speak about loving in "Improvisations on a First Line by Yeats"?

3. What does Rilke say poetry is in "Zombie"?

4. What is the defining foliage of the oil age in "Plasticene Suite"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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