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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 kind of getups do the new werewolves wear in "Update on Werewolves"?
(a) Sweatsuits.
(b) Overalls.
(c) Sado French Vogue getups.
(d) Evening wear.

2. What does the spider catch in its net in "Spider Signatures"?
(a) Bad dreams.
(b) Fog.
(c) Hair.
(d) Curses.

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

4. What season is it in "Walking in the Madman's Wood"?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Fall.

5. What do the new werewolves sing as they run through the world?
(a) Freedom and power!
(b) Belle dame!
(c) Find me now!
(d) Wind and rain!

Short Answer Questions

1. What has been long-abandoned near the ponds in "This Fjord Looks Like a Lake"?

2. What does the editor suggest letting people do in "Editorial Notes"?

3. What is the defining foliage of the oil age in "Plasticene Suite"?

4. What is easy in the poem "Sorcerer's Apprentice"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What have many humans lost, according to the speaker in "Improvisation on a First Line by Yeats"?

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

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

4. Why does the speaker insinuate people are so desperate for rain in the poem "Tracking the Rain"?

5. In the poem "Fatal Light Awareness," what do we know that the birds do not?

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

7. How does Atwood reimagine werewolves in the poem "Update on Werewolves"?

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

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

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

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