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Surfacing
Margaret Atwood
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When was Margaret Atwood born?
1929
1939
1949
1959
2
of 5
What was Atwood's first novel?
The Handmaid's Tale
Alias Grace
Surfacing
The Edible Woman
3
of 5
What is the term for the series of economic and educational reforms that gave Quebec greater political and economic autonomy?
The Quiet Revolution
The Cultural Revolution
The Velvet Revolution
The Eastern Revolution
4
of 5
Atwood claims that ___ subtle cultural infiltration of Canada is actually a form of colonialism.
England's
France's
America's
Quebec's
5
of 5
The narrator of the book thinks that the older generation is ___ by its rigid sense of morality.
Bolstered
Crippled
Insulated
Redeemed
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