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Section 1: "The Marry Month of May"

1. Who is the author of "The Marry Month of May"?
(a) Edith Wharton.
(b) O. Henry.
(c) Willa Cather.
(d) Henry James.

2. Which of the following literary techniques is used in the title "The Marry Month of May"?
(a) Personification.
(b) Understatement.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Alliteration.

3. Which of the following literary techniques is used in the title "The Marry Month of May"?
(a) Anaphora.
(b) Synecdoche.
(c) Paronomasia.
(d) Paraprosdokian.

4. The story opens with the word "prithee" (332). What does this word mean in this context?
(a) Keep this information secret.
(b) I disapprove of this.
(c) Please, I am begging you.
(d) Listen carefully.

5. How does the narrator suggest the reader should respond to the poet who praises the month of May?
(a) With a poem that condemns May.
(b) With laughter.
(c) With more accurate scientific information.
(d) With a punch in the eye.

6. The narrator says,"Pixies and flibbertigibbits haunt the budding woods" (332). What is in the woods?
(a) Tricky supernatural creatures and shallow, easily distracted people.
(b) Dangerous monsters and people with evil intentions.
(c) Tricky supernatural creatures and people with evil intentions.
(d) Dangerous monsters and shallow, easily distracted people.

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