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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 will survive us after we're gone in the poem "Carving the Jacks"?

2. What color is anger in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?

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

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

5. What happens to Cassandra's hometown in the poem "Cassandra Considers Declining the Gift"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What kind of people were the Scythians in the poem "Digging Up the Scythians"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. In the poem "Aflame," what is happening to the world?

10. What happens when the Tin Woodwoman gets a massage in the poem by the same name?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What dual meanings and symbolism does Atwood assign to souvenirs in the poem in Part I by that title? 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 "Blizzard" in Part I, Atwood refers to her very elderly mother as "fighting the storm." Write an essay exploring what Atwood likely means with this phrase, analyzing how Atwood uses weather symbolically.

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