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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III (Pages 52 - 77).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the cancelled word in "Walking in the Madman's Wood"?
(a) Madman.
(b) Last.
(c) Worsted.
(d) First.

2. What kind of flowers are in the painting in the poem "A Genre Painting"?
(a) Violets.
(b) Roses.
(c) Daisies.
(d) Tulips.

3. What will the baby sirens be "ravenous" with in "Siren Brooding on her Eggs"?
(a) Song.
(b) Desire.
(c) Appetite.
(d) Swimming.

4. How many eyes does the drone have in the poem "A Drone Scans the Wreckage"?
(a) 15.
(b) 4.
(c) 25.
(d) 8.

5. Who is wrenched up by the sun in "Walking in the Madman's Wood"?
(a) Wendy.
(b) Hepaticas.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) Peter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following comparisons does Atwood use for late poems in the poem "Late Poems"?

2. What happens in Part V of "The Aliens Arrive"?

3. What lies in the ditch in the poem "Princess Clothing"?

4. In what way is a wolf courteous in "Short Takes on Wolves"?

5. What was wool worn next to the skin once symbolic of in the poem "Princess Clothing"?

(see the answer key)

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