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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 happens in Part IV of "The Aliens Arrive"?

2. What is easy in the poem "Sorcerer's Apprentice"?

3. What happens when a human comes across the spider too suddenly in "Spider Signatures"?

4. What do the ravens understand in "This Fjord Looks Like a Lake"?

5. How does the defining foliage of the oil age differ from true foliage in "Plasticene Suite"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What should have been inside the dead bird instead of plastic in the poem "Midway Island Albatross"?

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

4. How does Atwood reimagine werewolves in the poem "Update on Werewolves"?

5. What does the speaker think about the world in the poem "Walking in the Madman's Wood"?

6. What is the problem with plastics in the poem "Faint Hopes"?

7. What is the "bright side" of the modern era in the poem by the same title?

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

9. What does the siren wonder about in the poem "Siren Brooding on Her Eggs"?

10. Why does the speaker insinuate people are so desperate for rain in the poem "Tracking the Rain"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Atwood treat the topic of technology and technological advancement in the modern world throughout this collection? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Atwood treat the topic of plastics in Parts IV and V of this collection? Why are plastics so harmful and destructive, according to Atwood? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Why does the health class teacher scare the girls in the poem "Health Class (1953)," and how does this poem explore the topic of aging? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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