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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the hinges of the speaker's joints creak like in the poem "The Tin Woodwoman Gets a Massage"?
(a) Tiny frogs.
(b) Screws.
(c) Pins.
(d) Doors.

2. What is caught in the glare of your stare in the poem "Betrayal"?
(a) Your child.
(b) The cat.
(c) Gauche flesh.
(d) The sunrise.

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

4. What is the sister who is no longer there, now that she is gone, in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) A painting in shadow.
(b) An empty chair, or simply air.
(c) A song.
(d) A memory.

5. What could the speaker do to save her sister if this were a story in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) Speak a magic charm to bring her back.
(b) Find the right prince.
(c) Give her a magic apple.
(d) Get a witch to cast a spell.

6. Why, if victorious, did the scythians fight in the poem "Digging Up the Scythians"?
(a) For the legends.
(b) For the loot.
(c) For the glory.
(d) For the king's honor.

7. What do the speaker's passports photos remind her of in the poem "Passports"?
(a) A child.
(b) A person moving backwards in time.
(c) An ill person.
(d) A mermaid doomed to appear onshore every five years.

8. Who is the speaker concerned about in the poem "Blizzard"?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her husband.

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

10. What does the speaker ask if one of the sisters is hunting in Part 5 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her own sister.
(c) Her soul.
(d) Her murderer.

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

12. What does the drone seem to wonder in the poem "A Drone Scans the Wreckage"?
(a) Was it a flood?
(b) What happened?
(c) Will this be a good thing or a bad thing?
(d) Did I do that?

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

14. Why do people give others souvenirs from vacations in the poem "Souvenir"?
(a) So they will want to travel too.
(b) So the receiver can remember them.
(c) So they can decorate their homes.
(d) So they can call the spirits.

15. What made a comeback for people to buy after the war in the poem "Coconut"?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Oranges.
(c) Pizza.
(d) Milk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who looks like a movie star in "Everyone Else's Sex Life"?

2. What is the woman working with in the poem "A Genre Painting"?

3. What does the neon sign in "Everyone Else's Sex Life" say?

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

5. How many eyes does the drone have in the poem "A Drone Scans the Wreckage"?

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