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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Growing Up and Growing Old.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the tone of Bra Shopping?
(a) Cryptic.
(b) Angry.
(c) Surreal.
(d) Pleasant.

2. How is the ritual in Hairwashing described by the daughter?
(a) Strange.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Uplifting.
(d) Pointless.

3. What is the awkward encounter described by Gregory Corso in Marriage?
(a) Meeting a more attractive sibling.
(b) Finding about infidelity.
(c) Having children.
(d) Meeting the in-laws.

4. Who wrote Cosmetics Do No Good?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Steve Kowit.
(c) Frued.
(d) Richard Wilbur.

5. Whom does Caroline say her aunts wanted to look like?
(a) The movie actresses.
(b) Themselves.
(c) Their brothers.
(d) Their mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kennedy describe the relationship women have with beauty?

2. Who wrote To Margo?

3. Where does steady pleasure come from in Fatigue?

4. How does Kennedy describe the person she talks about in the introduction to beauty?

5. Who wrote I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart)?

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