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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) 250 pounds.
(c) 2,000 pounds.
(d) 500 pounds.
2. When the narrator lists the kinds of inappropriate relationships that May encourages, one of the items in the list is "old chaps" who dress up and "parade in front of the Normal School" (332). Who are these old men trying to impress with their fancy clothing?
(a) Lower-class college-aged women.
(b) Female college professors.
(c) Young women training to become school teachers.
(d) Schoolgirls.
3. How does Miss Coulson spend the afternoon after her conversation with her father about the cold?
(a) She goes shopping.
(b) She takes a long nap.
(c) She works in the garden.
(d) She reads a romance book.
4. What information does Mrs. Widdup give Mr. Coulson that contradicts what Miss Coulson told him earlier?
(a) She tells him that Miss Coulson has had a very large ice order delivered.
(b) She tells him that his manservant has gone to the post office.
(c) She tells him that it is warm outside.
(d) She tells him that Miss Coulson is upstairs sleeping.
5. When Mr. Coulson asks for his "aconite," what is he asking for (333)?
(a) A religious text that provides commentary on the Bible.
(b) A hot breakfast cereal, like porridge or gruel.
(c) An herbal medicine used to treat pain and inflammation.
(d) A wooden cane with a carved top.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Mr. Coulson hesitate as he says, "In the spring...a y -- that is a man's -- fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love" (333)?
2. There are "jonquils" near where Mr. Coulson is sitting. What are jonquils?
3. What is the name of the servant who usually gives Mr. Coulson his medication?
4. What claim is the narrator making by calling humans "lineal scions of the pansy" (332)?
5. When Mr. Coulson continues quoting the poem and mentions "a livelier iris," what does Mrs. Widdup think he is talking about? (333)
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