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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Pages 103 - 122).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What format does Atwood use for the poem "The Aliens Arrive"?
(a) Nine late-night movies.
(b) Four haikus.
(c) Ten vignettes.
(d) Eight one-line poems.

2. What happens in Part V of "The Aliens Arrive"?
(a) They teach us how to travel to other galaxies.
(b) They learn to live peacefully with us on eart.
(c) They show us all their recipes.
(d) They make their way out of our bodies through our armpits.

3. What does the plastic "rock" look like in "Plasticene Suite"?
(a) Black and striped and slippery.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue and yellow.
(d) Purple and striated.

4. What would be only fair in Part 7 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) For someone to kill the man who killed the sister.
(b) For summer to start again.
(c) For the birds to be set free.
(d) For the sister to live on in in the afterlife.

5. What happens when the gods frown in "The Twilight of the Gods"?
(a) Humans get sick.
(b) The weather is bad.
(c) Humans lose knowledge.
(d) The days are longer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker save from the plane to eat in the hotel room in "Silver Slippers"?

2. What is caught in the glare of your stare in the poem "Betrayal"?

3. What has been long-abandoned near the ponds in "This Fjord Looks Like a Lake"?

4. What is the robot designed to do in the section of "Plasticene Suite" titled "Little Robot"?

5. What does Cassandra fantasize about possessing in the poem "Cassandra Considers Declining the Gift"?

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