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1. Atwood structures the sections of the text like Bible verses, repeating the phrase “In the” to echo the book of Genesis (“In the beginning…”). What literary technique does this exemplify?
A) Metaphor
B) Simile
C) Allusion
D) Imagery
2. Atwood writes that money “began to talk. It began to create on its own. It created feasts and famines, songs of joy, lamentations. It created greed and hunger, which were its two faces.” What literary device does she primarily use in this passage?
A) Personification
B) Irony
C) Symbolism
D) Repetition
3. Why might this text be classified as a parable?
A) It conveys a religious message in the voice of a wise teacher.
B) It laments the death of something beloved by the speaker.
C) It celebrates a familiar object in a fresh and surprising way.
D) It tells a story that teaches a lesson about human behavior.
4. What literary device is employed in the poet’s repetition of various events, images, and ideas throughout the different ages in the text?
A) Ambiguity
B) Hyperbole
C) Juxtaposition
D) Parallelism
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