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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. Which of the following comparisons does Atwood use for late poems in the poem "Late Poems"?

2. Why does the speaker in the poem "September Mushrooms" miss the mushrooms again this year?

3. What lies in the ditch in the poem "Princess Clothing"?

4. What does the speaker praise in the poem "If There Were No Emptiness"?

5. What does the speaker implore her partner to do if she ever develops dementia in the poem "Ghost Cat"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the poem "Betrayal" about?

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

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

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

6. Why do people carve jack-o-lanterns in the poem "Carving the Jacks"?

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

8. What gift does Cassandra have in the poem "Cassandra Considers Declining the Gift"?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring the different ways Atwood uses various birds as symbols throughout this collection, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring the different meanings and feelings Atwood assigns to different textiles in the poem Princess Clothing.

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