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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 52 - 77).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the speaker concerned about in the poem "Blizzard"?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her husband.

2. How do the feathers fall in "Feather"?
(a) Only by handfuls.
(b) One at a time.
(c) Like the wind.
(d) Like a rainstorm.

3. What was wool worn next to the skin once symbolic of in the poem "Princess Clothing"?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Weddings.
(c) An army decree.
(d) Ceasefire.

4. Who is in bed together in the poem "Betrayal"?
(a) Your spouse and your best friend's spouse.
(b) No one.
(c) Your lover and your friend.
(d) Your cat.

5. What does the speaker implore her partner to do if she ever develops dementia in the poem "Ghost Cat"?
(a) Take care of her.
(b) Turn the key and bar the window.
(c) Call the children to care for her.
(d) Send her to a care home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What form does poetry "coming to claim you" take in "Zombie"?

2. What is happening to the world in "Aflame"?

3. What does the speaker imagine the cicadas' song is saying in the poem "Cicadas"?

4. What is the cancelled word in "Walking in the Madman's Wood"?

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

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