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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What message does the poem "Men" convey?
(a) Men are only interested in a woman's outward appearance.
(b) Men will claim to love a woman as she is, but then try to change her.
(c) Men may drive women crazy, but they still need each other.
(d) Men try to understand women, but they never will.

2. Why does Hazel purchase the bottles of veronal?
(a) To help her deal with the pains in her back.
(b) To help her lose weight.
(c) To help her sleep at night.
(d) To help her commit suicide.

3. What is the narrator's intent in the poem "Lullaby"?
(a) Quiet her lover so he will not ask about her betrayals.
(b) Put a fussy baby to sleep.
(c) Make a pretty woman fall asleep so that she can get the men herself.
(d) Sooth herself over a lost love.

4. What does the girl in "The Last Tea" think about girls who drink alcohol.
(a) As long as a girl does not drink much, it is all right.
(b) It makes her sick to see a girl drink.
(c) She admires girls who can drink hard liquor.
(d) If men can have a drink, so can a girl.

5. According to the poem "Indian Summer," how has the narrator changed since her youth?
(a) She has learned to never trust a man.
(b) She is slower and attracts fewer admirers.
(c) She used to be whatever a man wanted, but now she is her own person.
(d) She is more worldy and attracts more lovers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Little Hours," what time does the narrator wake?

2. After Herbie leaves, how much time passes before Hazel hears any news about him?

3. Why does Gerald Cruger avoid looking at Miss Wilmarth in the story "Horsie"?

4. What kind of horse does the narrator want to get?

5. In "Light of Love," which lover knows the narrator best?

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