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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I (Pages 1 - 24).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the coconut "materialize" in the poem "Coconut"?
(a) The cellar.
(b) The office.
(c) The attic.
(d) The kitchen.

2. What is the woman working with in the poem "A Genre Painting"?
(a) A gun.
(b) A scissors.
(c) A knife.
(d) A woodworking tool.

3. What did the speaker's mother used to say in the poem "Blizzard"?
(a) It's just a blizzard.
(b) Let's go out and fight the storm.
(c) Let's find some flowers in the snow.
(d) Let's play in the snow.

4. What lies in the ditch in the poem "Princess Clothing"?
(a) Ripped clothes.
(b) Money.
(c) A woman's torso.
(d) A dead skunk.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the woman in the painting looking out of it in "A Genre Painting"?

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

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

4. Why does the speaker in the poem "Salt" say it is tempting to "look back"?

5. What happens if one "looks behind" in the poem "Salt"?

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