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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. What do hearts do in the poem "The Tin Woodwoman Gets a Massage"?

2. What do the students like to pretend about the health teacher in "Health Class (1953)"?

3. What do the speaker's passports photos remind her of in the poem "Passports"?

4. Who were the scythians in the poem "Digging Up the Scythians"?

5. How is the woman in the painting looking out of it in "A Genre Painting"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the purpose of the mushrooms in the poem "September Mushrooms"?

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

3. What is the problem with souvenirs, according to the speaker in the poem by the same name?

4. What kind of world exists in the poem "A Drone Scans the Wreckage"?

5. What does Atwood compare "late poems" to in the poem by the same title?

6. What are some contradictions about cicadas in the poem by the same title?

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

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

9. What is the poem "Betrayal" about?

10. What does the speaker's mother in the poem "Blizzard" fight?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In general, how does Atwood portray women and girls in the poems in this collection? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing Atwood's tone, language, and style when writing about sex throughout this collection, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does Atwood use animals and insects to convey messages to the readers not only about the natural world, but about human nature, throughout this collection? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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