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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the ravens ask the people in "This Fjord Looks Like a Lake"?
(a) Will you be next?
(b) When will our time come?
(c) Are you here to harm us?
(d) Why do you leave so many plastics lying around?

2. What does the plastic "rock" look like in "Plasticene Suite"?
(a) Red.
(b) Purple and striated.
(c) Black and striped and slippery.
(d) Blue and yellow.

3. What do we hear in the wind's plainsong at the end of "Improvisation on a First Line by Yeats"?
(a) The souls.
(b) The pebbles.
(c) The wind itself.
(d) The sea.

4. Where are we living now, according to the speaker in "Tracking the Rain"?
(a) In a desert.
(b) In a normal house.
(c) On the tundra.
(d) Inside a dry red bubble.

5. What do wolf nightmares involve in "Short Takes on Wolves"?
(a) Trees.
(b) Zombies.
(c) Cars.
(d) Rabbits.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will the baby sirens be "ravenous" with in "Siren Brooding on her Eggs"?

2. What two things is "he" afraid of in "Fear of Birds"?

3. What does everyone cry when they see in the section of "Plasticene Suite" titled "Whales"?

4. What is the scent of autumn like in "Aflame"?

5. What is it bad luck to do in the poem "Spider Signatures"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the siren wonder about in the poem "Siren Brooding on Her Eggs"?

2. What are some of the speaker's worries in the poem "Oh Children"?

3. What is the main message in "Heart of the Arctic"?

4. What is the problem with plastics in the poem "Faint Hopes"?

5. In quoting Rilke, what does Atwood say about poetry?

6. What does the editor in the poem "Editorial Notes" suggest the speaker do for the readers?

7. How does the speaker in the poem "Feather" make sure not to waste?

8. What is the "defining foliage of the oil age" in the poem "Foliage"?

9. What is the problem in the old story of the Sorcerer's Apprentice in the poem by the same name?

10. What can one tell by a wolf's ears in the poem "Short Takes on Wolves"?

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