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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. What are the details about the iceman's sleeves and hat intended to convey?
(a) He is conceited and self-absorbed.
(b) He thinks that Miss Coulson may be in love with him.
(c) He is trying to show respect for Miss Coulson.
(d) He has lower-class manners.

2. Where Mr. Coulson is sitting, two main smells are "battling": the smell of flowers and what other smell?
(a) The medicine on Mr. Coulson's skin.
(b) Mr. Coulson's uneaten breakfast.
(c) The musty smell of Mr. Coulson's room.
(d) Mr. Coulson's strong cologne.

3. What does the narrator call the "most potent weapons of insidious May" (334)?
(a) Birds.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Warm breezes.
(d) Sunny days.

4. When "May holds up a chiding finger," (332), what is May's intention?
(a) To scold.
(b) To indicate a pause.
(c) To indicate a direction.
(d) To indicate the "first" of something.

5. Which neighborhood does Mr. Coulson live in?
(a) Gramercy Park.
(b) Carnegie Hill.
(c) Lincoln Square.
(d) Chelsea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What point is made through the juxtaposition of Mr. Coulson's and Mrs. Widdup's comments about springtime?

2. Which of the following literary techniques is used in the title "The Marry Month of May"?

3. What does the narrator warn the reader to "never trust" (333)?

4. When Mr. Coulson is irritated, he complains that no one in the house does what?

5. The story opens with the word "prithee" (332). What does this word mean in this context?

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