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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. What is happening to the world in "Aflame"?

2. What happens when the gods frown in "The Twilight of the Gods"?

3. What does the speaker implore the rain to do in "Tracking the Rain"?

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

5. What tense does not exist at the conference in "Translator's Conference"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the speaker in the poem "Little Robot" worry the robot might do?

3. What tense does not exist at the conference in the poem "At the Translation Conference" and why?

4. Generally, how do the aliens act towards humans in the poem "The Aliens Arrive"?

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

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

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

8. What are the advantages of having a spider in the house in the poem "Spider Signatures"?

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

10. What is the "bright side" of the modern era in the poem by the same title?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does the health class teacher scare the girls in the poem "Health Class (1953)," and how does this poem explore the topic of aging? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

How does Atwood treat the topic of domestic violence in different poems in this collection? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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