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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Gift of the Magi".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what is Della's hair compared when she lets it down in the beginning of "The Gift of the Magi"?
(a) A snowy lake.
(b) A sea of jellyfish.
(c) A falling stream.
(d) A peacock's feathers.

2. Della considers what Jim will think of her cut hair and she imagines that if he does not kill her, he will say she looks like what in "The Gift of the Magi"?
(a) A little girl.
(b) A girl who sings and dances for money.
(c) A girl who works in a library.
(d) A girl who prostitutes herself for money.

3. How is the electric bell at Jim and Della's apartment described?
(a) It is incredibly loud.
(b) It is tinkly and soft.
(c) It does not work.
(d) It buzzes nonstop.

4. How is the looking-glass described in Della and Jim's home?
(a) Very wide.
(b) Round and solid.
(c) Very narrow.
(d) Very large.

5. What literary term applies to a device wherein the author steps away from the narrative to speak directly to the reader?
(a) Extrication.
(b) Authorial intrusion.
(c) Omniscient intrusion.
(d) Literary allusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what floor is the hair shop described as being?

2. What is Jim and Della's last name?

3. How much is the cost of the room where Della and Jim live?

4. The gifts that Della and Jim are revealed to have bought for one another are an example of what literary device?

5. The watch chain is described as being like Jim, who is said to be embodied with what?

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