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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the narrator call the "most potent weapons of insidious May" (334)?
2. Which bird is Mr. Coulson said to be "elder brother" to in May?
3. How many years apart are Miss Coulson's and Mrs. Widdup's ages?
4. Why is Mr. Coulson so clumsy on the afternoon after the ice is delivered?
5. What does Mr. Coulson call Mrs. Widdup when she starts talking about "ivy and hand-organs" (335)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens overnight that changes Mrs. Widdup and Mr. Coulson's fate?
2. What is the rhetorical purpose of the allusions to Puck and Circe?
3. When rhetorical purposes are served by the passage where the narrator says that the scent of flowers was carried in through the window and "fought" with the scent of Mr. Coulson's gout medicine?
4. When Mr. Coulson finally confesses his feelings to Mrs. Widdup, what drawback to himself does he acknowledge, and what advantage does he say balances this drawback out?
5. When Mr. Coulson complains that no one in the house cares if he lives or dies, how does Mrs. Widdup's reply set the events of the story in motion?
6. What is the thematic significance of the olfactory image of the city in springtime?
7. How does O. Henry characterize the month of May?
8. Explain the significance of the diction "foxy" to describe Mrs. Widdup (333).
9. How does O. Henry use verbal misunderstandings to characterize Mrs. Widdup when she first appears in Mr. Coulson's room?
10. What rhetorical purposes does O. Henry accomplish with his introduction of Mr. Coulson through a list of things that he "has," like gout, money, and a daughter?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay that compares and contrasts the themes and techniques used in Dekker's poem "The Merry Merry Month of May" with those of O. Henry's "The Marry Month of May." Use textual evidence from both pieces to defend your ideas.
Essay Topic 2
Make and defend a claim about O. Henry's "The Marry Month of May" as an example of American Naturalism. Support your ideas with evidence from the text; if you use outside sources, be sure to cite them in MLA format.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that explores the way in which the story's setting impacts the reader's understanding of the theme of "The Marry Month of May." Use textual evidence to support your claims.
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