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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. The narrator awakes to the sound of
2. The next morning the narrator begins to feel
3. What does the narrator believe has happened to her country?
4. David reveals that Anna
5. After her experience in the water, the narrator feels
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Consider the following quote by Rainer Maria Rilke: "Just as language has no longer anything in common with the thing it names, so the movements of most of the people who live in cities have lost their connection with the earth; they hang, as it were, in the air, hover in all directions, and find no place where they can settle." Write an essay in which you defend, refute, or qualify Rilke's statement, using Atwood's novel as the basis for your argument.
Essay Topic 2
Create an argument in which you define and defend a position on what it means to be "natural." Consider the setting of the novel and the narrator's continual desire to return to a more natural state. Use the text to defend your position.
Essay Topic 3
The narrator's views on taking life change throughout the course of the novel. Write an essay in which you discuss the narrator's development and her changing views on the value of life. Use at least three examples from the text to support your argument.
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