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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Peggy not want to go to a judge to get a divorce?
(a) Fear of Lee’s temper.
(b) Fear of losing custody.
(c) Shame for her childrearing.
(d) Fear of publicity.

2. What does Lee do with Peggy’s things after she leaves?
(a) Donates them to the college.
(b) Throws them out.
(c) Sends them to her parents.
(d) Saves them in storage.

3. What does Meg say she is not willing to do in order to get good clothes for Karen?
(a) Go to church.
(b) Shop at Salvation Army stores.
(c) Sort through tag sales.
(d) Pay full price.

4. Why does the narrator say people came to visit Stillwater College from all over?
(a) The remarkable food.
(b) The famous poet.
(c) The infamous parties.
(d) The beautiful vistas.

5. How does Lee suppress the insurrection among the Stillwater Review editorial board?
(a) He opens the all-women issue to men.
(b) He fires them all.
(c) He capitulates.
(d) He negotiates for pay raises.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lee say all poems are about?

2. Where does Byrdie get drunk for the first time?

3. How does Lee pull out of the parking lot after he thinks he sees Mireille?

4. What kind of writers does Lee start to cultivate after he feels washed-up in poetry?

5. How does the narrator characterize the routine Peggy gets into with her new baby?

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