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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. In To My Dear and Loving Husband, how does the woman hope to stay with her husband after death?
(a) By getting married.
(b) By dying together.
(c) By staying faithful.
(d) By loving him so intensely.

2. Whom does Kennedy talk about in the introduction to the section about beauty?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her best friend.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) His sister.

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

4. Who asked the question, What do Women Want?
(a) Kennedy.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Freud.
(d) God.

5. What does Richard Wilbur realize his woman wants in The Catch?
(a) A dress.
(b) Adoration.
(c) Approval.
(d) Respect.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Nash give in A Word to Husbands?

2. How is the ritual in Hairwashing described by the daughter?

3. What is traded for dolls in Puberty--With Capital Letters?

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

5. Where does steady pleasure come from in Fatigue?

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