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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who used to take the dear ones in the poem "The Dear Ones"?

2. What does the speaker drive into the soft eyes of the coconut in the poem "Coconut"?

3. What happens if one "looks behind" in the poem "Salt"?

4. What does Atwood compare late poems to in the poem "Late Poems"?

5. What is "anything saved" equal to in the poem "A Drone Scans the Wreckage"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the speaker in the poem "Passports" feel about aging?

2. What does the speaker in "Everyone Else's Sex Life" think about everyone else's sex life?

3. What does Atwood use the ghost cat in the poem by the same titled to symbolize?

4. In the poem "Frida Kahlo, San Miguel, Ash Wednesday," where does Frida Kahlo live on?

5. Why does the speaker implore people to keep their clothes on in the poem "Everyone Else's Sex Life"?

6. How do the murdered sisters die in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?

7. In the poem "Health Class (1953)," why does the teacher scare the students?

8. What would be the advantage to slugs reproducing by bud or spore, according to Atwood in "Double-Entry Slug Sex"?

9. What are the images in tension with each other in the poem titled "A Genre Painting"?

10. What kinds of stories did the people used to tell in the poem "The Dear Ones?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the last poem in the collection, "Blackberries," embody several of the themes and the overall tone of this entire collection? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

What is the Siren trying to communicate to her young in "Siren Brooding on Her Eggs?" Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

In the poem "Update on Werewolves," how does Atwood flip the usual stereotypes about the mythical creatures around, and what is she trying to communicate to the reader in so doing? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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