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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the doctor present Granny with after Florence's exam in Chapter 8?
(a) A certificate of health.
(b) A certificate of pregnancy.
(c) A certificate of authenticity.
(d) A certificate of virginity.

2. Who wrote "The Decameron"?
(a) Andreas Francois.
(b) Giovanni Boccaccio.
(c) Alexander Pope.
(d) Viceno Botticelli.

3. Bres got rid of the rest of the members of the Grope in Chapter 14 by telling them that she and Florence had to discuss what?
(a) Bres' thesis.
(b) Dr. Newton.
(c) The Grope.
(d) Florence's thesis.

4. Whose father owned half the Delta, according to the girls in the Grope?
(a) Jackson's.
(b) Florence's.
(c) Bres'.
(d) Tulaplee's.

5. What is a type of economic system proposed as a replacement for capitalism and alternative to state socialism, which uses federations of collectivized trade unions or industrial unions?
(a) Syndicalism.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Communism.
(d) Patriotism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What speech pattern was Florence confounded by amongst the women at her graduate school?

2. What did Bres define as "a woman of great stature, strength and courage who is not feminine in conventional ways" in Chapter 14?

3. What did Florence obtain in order to avoid pregnancy in Chapter 12?

4. Who was the campus heartthrob who taught Florence's favorite course in Chapter 11?

5. What university did Florence attend for her undergraduate degree?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Florence view the deep South in Chapter 13?

2. Who helped Florence obtain a fellowship for graduate school in Chapter 12?

3. What about Miz Arvella's speech did Florence intend to analyze in Chapter 13?

4. Where did the Grope go to drink in the end of Chapter 13?

5. What did Herb tell Florence when she called home in Chapter 14?

6. Where did Florence go on her first date in Chapter 10? What were the "rules" for young women dating at that time?

7. How did Florence feel about Bres upon returning from the Christmas holidays in Chapter 16?

8. What happened with Florence's English textbooks in Chapter 11?

9. What was Florence's first impression of her advisor in college?

10. What led to Florence's being asked to leave her sorority in Chapter 12?

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