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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "The Marry Month of May".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Miss Coulson spend the afternoon after her conversation with her father about the cold?
(a) She takes a long nap.
(b) She goes shopping.
(c) She reads a romance book.
(d) She works in the garden.

2. Where does Miss Coulson meet the iceman on the next morning?
(a) In the vacant lot next door.
(b) In the park across from the house.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) In the basement.

3. When the author compares May to Circe and explains the comparison at length, what literary technique is he using?
(a) Synechdoche.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Anaphora.

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

5. Why does Mrs. Widdup go into Mr. Coulson's room in the afternoon on the second day of the story?
(a) She needs to tell him that everyone else has left the house.
(b) She wants him to finish what he was going to say on the day before.
(c) She hears him ring for help.
(d) She is concerned that he is all by himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Miss Van Meeker Constantia Coulson?

2. After the iceman tells Miss Coulson, "It'll be a pleasure to fix things up for you any way you please," the narrator comments "Alas for May" (334). What is implied by this comment?

3. What is the implication of the passage "She blushed. Oh, yes, it can be done. Just hold your breath and compress the diaphragm" (333)?

4. What are the "portières" that Miss Coulson is sitting near?

5. When Miss Coulson stands thinking at the window, to what insects does she mentally compare Mr. Coulson and Mrs. Widdup?

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