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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. Which of the speaker's cats was smart enough to evade the vet in the poem "Ghost Cat"?
(a) The tabby one.
(b) The calico.
(c) The white one.
(d) The black one.

2. Why does the speaker not realize how good things were in the poem "Salt"?
(a) She was too busy worrying.
(b) She was too sleepy.
(c) She was working too hard.
(d) She was too ill.

3. What are Kahlo's colors in the poem "Frida Kahlo, San Miguel, Ash Wednesday"?
(a) Azure, sunset, and blood.
(b) Mauve and orange.
(c) Purple and ochre.
(d) Green and blue.

4. What do people also save along with passports in the poem "Passports"?
(a) Pearls.
(b) Paintbrushes.
(c) Curls of hair from children or lovers.
(d) Chocolates.

5. What does the neon sign in "Everyone Else's Sex Life" say?
(a) Beware.
(b) Bombs Away!
(c) Love! This Way! In!
(d) Help!

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the drone seem to wonder in the poem "A Drone Scans the Wreckage"?

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

5. What would be only fair in Part 7 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?

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