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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II (Pages 25 - 51).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why, if victorious, did the scythians fight in the poem "Digging Up the Scythians"?
(a) For the king's honor.
(b) For the legends.
(c) For the glory.
(d) For the loot.

2. What does the speaker say about most poems in the poem "Late Poems"?
(a) Most poems are from the future.
(b) Most poems are early.
(c) Most poems are late.
(d) Most poems are sad.

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

4. Who were the scythians in the poem "Digging Up the Scythians"?
(a) Servants.
(b) Queens.
(c) Kings.
(d) Warrior women and dagger girls.

5. What are the minds of the jack-o-lanterns filled with in the poem "Carving the Jacks"?
(a) Stories.
(b) Nothing but flame.
(c) Kindness.
(d) Horror.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Atwood compare being in love to in "Everyone Else's Sex Life"?

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

3. What does the health teacher in the poem "Health Class" tell her students the classroom is NOT?

4. What season is it in the end of Part 4 in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?

5. What is the first line of the poem "Shadow"?

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