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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. Which neighborhood does Mr. Coulson live in?
2. When Mr. Coulson is irritated, he complains that no one in the house does what?
3. 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?
4. Miss Coulson has a "lorgnette" (334). What is a lorgnette?
5. What point is made through the juxtaposition of Mr. Coulson's and Mrs. Widdup's comments about springtime?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Miss Coulson says that the supposedly chilly weather is "An instance...of winter lingering in the lap of spring," what double meaning does she have in mind? (335).
2. 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?
3. What is Miss Coulson's plan to head off her father's budding romance?
4. Explain the titular allusion and the allusion to "the poet" in the first sentence of the story.
5. How do words like "yaller" and "lawsy" in Mrs. Widdup's dialogue characterize her?
6. When Mr. Coulson comments that the spring weather is "lovely," his daughter replies "That's just it" (334). What does she mean by her reply?
7. What is the thematic significance of the olfactory image of the city in springtime?
8. What is the rhetorical purpose of the allusions to Puck and Circe?
9. How does O. Henry use dry humor to reveal the narrator's opinion about Mrs. Widdup in the narrative intrusion on page 333?
10. How does O. Henry use verbal misunderstandings to characterize Mrs. Widdup when she first appears in Mr. Coulson's room?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Write an essay in which you affirm, refute, or qualify the statement "The month of May functions essentially as another character in "The Marry Month of May." Offer textual evidence to support your ideas.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you explore the beliefs about marriage revealed in "The Marry Month of May." Give textual support for your claims.
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