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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 much ice does Miss Coulson order be delivered each day?
(a) 1,000 pounds.
(b) 2,000 pounds.
(c) 500 pounds.
(d) 250 pounds.

2. What is the first indication that Mrs. Widdup does not listen carefully?
(a) She interrupts Mr. Coulson when he is speaking.
(b) She does not respond to the question that Mr. Coulson asks her.
(c) She does not pay attention to how much medication she is supposed to give Mr. Coulson.
(d) She thinks that Mr. Coulson is telling her about his feelings for another woman.

3. What does the narrator warn the reader to "never trust" (333)?
(a) Warm breezes.
(b) Sparrows.
(c) May.
(d) Hyacinths.

4. Why does Miss Coulson ask when Mrs. Widdup's vacation begins?
(a) She is hoping to get away from the house for a while, herself.
(b) She is wondering if Mr. Coulson will try to go away with Mrs. Widdup.
(c) She is eager to get Mrs. Widdup away from Mr. Coulson.
(d) She will need to make arrangements for Mr. Coulson's care.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What information does Mrs. Widdup give Mr. Coulson that contradicts what Miss Coulson told him earlier?

2. What is Mrs. Widdup's job?

3. What is the purpose of the allusion to the "virgin of Cologne" (334)?

4. What does the narrator call the "most potent weapons of insidious May" (334)?

5. On page 334, the narrator refers to the "panoply" of Miss Coulson's "unthrilled bosom." What is the meaning of "panoply" in this context?

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