Atwood History
Where was Margaret Atwood Born?
a-New York City
b-San Francisco, CA
c-Ottawa, Canada
d-London, UK
c-Ottawa, Canada
What does this quote mean in a climate change lens?
In the burned house, I am eating breakfast
you understand, there is no house, there is no breakfast
the Earth's resources are all destoyed.
In the burned house I am eating breakfast.
Her house and life is destroyed, but she is still growing and starting anew.
What does this mean in a nuclear war lens?
The spoon which was melted scrapes against
the bowl which was melted also,
no one else is around.
A nuclear blast destroyed and melted everything. But not to complete destruction.
What hit game was made to showcase the world after nuclear war?
a-Red Dead Redemption
b-The Last of Us
c-Fallout
d-Call of Duty WW2
c-Fallout
Atwood got her master's at Radcliffe College, which is...
a-in Canada
b-Yale's Womens College
c-a Research University
d-Harvard's Womens College
d-Harvard's Womens College
What does this quote mean in a climate change lens?
I can't see my own arms and legs
or know if this is a trap or blessing,
The Earth is unrecognizable, but doesn't know if this is a time for growth or the end.
What does this mean from a feminist's lens?
In the east a bank of cloud
rises up silently like dark bread.
The darkness of her past life is still present and she can see it, but it is going away.
What does this mean in a nuclear war lens?
in the east a bank of cloud
rises up silently like dark bread.
A (Another) bomb is dropped.
What produces the most clean air on Earth?
a-Grass
b-Plankton
c-Trees
d-Flowers
b-Plankton
What book is Atwood most famous for writing?
a-Little Women
b-The Handmaid's Tale
c-Pride and Prejudice
d-The Awakening
b-The Handmaid's Tale
What does this quote mean in a climate change lens?
Where have they gone to, brother and sister
mother and father? Off along the shore,
perhaps. Their clothes are still on the hangers
Humans are eliminated from Earth (due to rising sea levels). They still leave a trace.
What does this mean from a feminist's lens?
Where have they gone to, brother and sister
mother and father? Off along the shore,
Her past life as a servant to a man took her away from her true family.
What does this mean in a nuclear war lens?
In this house has long been over,
...
including the body I had then,
including the body I have now
as I sit at this morning table, alone and happy,
The person accepts their faith in death after dealing with loneliness and sickness.
When was the 19th Amendment passed?
a-1918
b-1919
c-1920
d-1921
b-1919
Who was Atwood's greatest inspiration as a writer?
a-Emily Dickinson
b-Kate Chopin
c-Louisa May Alcott
d-George Orwell
d-George Orwell
What does this quote mean in a climate change lens?
bare child's feet on the scorched floorboards
(I can almost see)
No humans are coming back or being born. They all died.
What does this mean from a feminist's lens?
tin cup and rippled mirror.
The day is bright and songless,
She does not recognize who she has become, and her future seems hopeful and unwritten.
What does this mean in a nuclear war lens? (Hint-think about the clothes)
mother and father? Off along the shore
perhaps. Their clothes are still on the hangers,
The family and people in the house died, and their work was unfinished.
When did the Manhattan project start?
a-1935
b-1945
c-1942
d-1940
c-1942
What was her dissertation titled?
a-The English Metaphysical Romance
b-Feminism in 20th-Century Literature
c-Warfares Effects on Feminist Literature
d-Climate Change and its Harm on Literature
a-The English Metaphysical Romance
what does this quote mean in a climate change lens?
holding my cindery, non-existent,
radiant flesh. Incandescent.
The Earth is destroyed, but it is ready to grow and thrive anew.
What does this mean from a feminist's lens? (hint-focus on colors)
in my burning clothes, the thin green shorts.
and grubby yellow T-shirt
She still holds on to green (life) and yellow (happiness and passion) even through the burns.
What does this mean in a nuclear war lens? (hint-think about the colors)
In my burning clothes, the thin green shorts.
and grubby yellow T-shirt
holding my cindery, non-existent
radiant flesh. Incandescent.
The yellow and green symbolize waste and nuclear fallout. It is also the character dying from radiation left behind.
a-10%
b-50%
c-90%
d-100%
c-90%