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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What kinds of creatures also suffer from dementia in the poem "Ghost Cat"?
(a) Cats.
(b) Turtles.
(c) Birds.
(d) Dogs.
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. Why does the speaker in the poem "Salt" say it is tempting to "look back"?
(a) It is worse than it is now.
(b) There are only two colors back there.
(c) It is glittery and pretty back there.
(d) There were a lot more animals back there than there are now.
4. What kind of animal does Atwood equate with human souls in Part 5 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
(a) Dogs.
(b) Cats.
(c) Mice.
(d) Birds.
5. What lies in the ditch in the poem "Princess Clothing"?
(a) Ripped clothes.
(b) A woman's torso.
(c) Money.
(d) A dead skunk.
6. Where is Frida Kahlo everywhere in the poem "Frida Kahlo, San Miguel, Ash Wednesday"?
(a) In the river reflection.
(b) In the pillow covers.
(c) In the souvenir arcade.
(d) In the museums.
7. What do hearts do in the poem "The Tin Woodwoman Gets a Massage"?
(a) Change.
(b) Hurt.
(c) Stop.
(d) Bleed.
8. What does the speaker say about most poems in the poem "Late Poems"?
(a) Most poems are late.
(b) Most poems are early.
(c) Most poems are sad.
(d) Most poems are from the future.
9. Who were the scythians in the poem "Digging Up the Scythians"?
(a) Warrior women and dagger girls.
(b) Kings.
(c) Servants.
(d) Queens.
10. What does the speaker say her passport photos looks like in the poem "Passports"?
(a) A cat.
(b) A child.
(c) An ill person.
(d) A woman who has just been arrested.
11. What does the speaker imagine the cicadas' song is saying in the poem "Cicadas"?
(a) When?
(b) Now.
(c) Never.
(d) Go!
12. 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) Get a witch to cast a spell.
(d) Give her a magic apple.
13. What does Atwood compare the subject of the poem "Blizzard" to?
(a) A diamond.
(b) A diver plunged into a dangerous cave.
(c) A snow leopard.
(d) A deer.
14. What goes on calling in the end of the poem "The Dear Ones"?
(a) The sorrow.
(b) The mystery.
(c) The dawn.
(d) The rage.
15. What does everyone else's sex life seem like in the poem "Everyone Else's Sex Life"?
(a) Fancy.
(b) Impossible.
(c) Calm.
(d) Trying.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why do people give others souvenirs from vacations in the poem "Souvenir"?
2. What question does the speaker wonder about her dead sister in Part 7 of the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
3. How many eyes does the drone have in the poem "A Drone Scans the Wreckage"?
4. What does the speaker implore her partner to do if she ever develops dementia in the poem "Ghost Cat"?
5. What color is anger in the poem "Songs For Murdered Sisters"?
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