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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Widows (259-266).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Widows," what activity occupies Nell’s time?
(a) Renovating.
(b) Baking.
(c) Tidying up.
(d) Collaging.

2. In "The Dead Interview," what does Orwell praise Atwood for grasping?
(a) The holiness of his penname.
(b) That the totalitarian world is over.
(c) Her understanding of the allegory.
(d) His complicated vocabulary.

3. What point of view is "Two Scorched Men" told from?
(a) First Person.
(b) No narrator.
(c) Omniscient.
(d) Limited Third Person.

4. In "Two Scorched Men," who are character foils?
(a) François and John.
(b) François and Tig.
(c) Tig and the narrator.
(d) John and the narrator.

5. In "Metempsychosis," which body part does Amber/Snail like?
(a) Ears.
(b) Arms.
(c) Tongues.
(d) Necks.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Widows," which phrase does Nell deem as Geriatric flirting?

2. What does the narrator’s mother say when casting spells in "My Evil Mother"?

3. In "A Dusty Lunch," what was the name of Nell’s war-time coffee?

4. In "Freeforall," how are overly aggressive males eliminated?

5. In "Death by Clamshell," what happened to the men who hurt Hypatia in the afterlife?

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