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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 speaker in the poem "Souvenir" appear more often than she used to?
(a) Other people's dreams.
(b) The park.
(c) Pizza restaurants.
(d) Funeral parlors.

2. What does Atwood compare late poems to in the poem "Late Poems"?
(a) A cat.
(b) The past.
(c) A letter from a sailor that arrives after he has drowned.
(d) An old friend.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker say about most poems in the poem "Late Poems"?

2. What does Atwood compare the subject of the poem "Blizzard" to?

3. Who is the speaker concerned about in the poem "Blizzard"?

4. What do people also save along with passports in the poem "Passports"?

5. What does the speaker implore her partner to do if she ever develops dementia in the poem "Ghost Cat"?

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