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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

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 lies in the ditch in the poem "Princess Clothing"?

4. Where does the speaker in the poem "Souvenir" appear more often than she used to?

5. What did the speaker's mother used to say in the poem "Blizzard"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Atwood compare "late poems" to in the poem by the same title?

2. What does the speaker in "Everyone Else's Sex Life" think about everyone else's sex life?

3. What kind of people were the Scythians in the poem "Digging Up the Scythians"?

4. What are the images in tension with each other in the poem titled "A Genre Painting"?

5. What kind of world exists in the poem "A Drone Scans the Wreckage"?

6. In the poem "Frida Kahlo, San Miguel, Ash Wednesday," where does Frida Kahlo live on?

7. Why should one avoid wearing cotton when making recordings, according to the poem "Princess Clothing"?

8. What is the problem with souvenirs, according to the speaker in the poem by the same name?

9. What are some contradictions about cicadas in the poem by the same title?

10. What does the speaker's mother in the poem "Blizzard" fight?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In general, how does Atwood portray women and girls in the poems in this collection? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Atwood use animals and insects to convey messages to the readers not only about the natural world, but about human nature, throughout this collection? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring the different meanings and feelings Atwood assigns to different textiles in the poem Princess Clothing.

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