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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Midge change the rules of their game at the end of "The Standard of Living"?
(a) She raises the amount of money they can "spend" from one to ten million dollars.
(b) She suggests that they invite more people to play with them.
(c) She says that they should no longer ask about the prices of their "purchases."
(d) She decides that the players can spend their money on others.

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

3. In "Social Note," what advice does the narrator give to women who are seduced by "discreet" men?
(a) Tell everyone.
(b) Run.
(c) Consider yourself lucky.
(d) Be discreet as well.

4. In the story "Lady With a Lamp," how long has Mona been in bed?
(a) Nearly two weeks.
(b) Almost six weeks.
(c) Almost three days.
(d) Over a month.

5. How does Mrs. Murdock feel about her dress as she leaves her visit with Miss Noyes and Lily Wynton?
(a) She wants to alter it to look more like Lily Wynton's dress.
(b) She feels a tenderness toward her clothes because they are her own.
(c) She is embarrassed by the plain style and color.
(d) The dress makes her feel like an actress on stage.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "The Veteran," how has age changed the narrator's perspective?

2. What is the "rotten news" that Mimi's husband brings with him?

3. In "Autumn Valentine" what experience did the narrator have in May?

4. What phrase does the narrator of "Coda" use to describe love?

5. About how long has the couple in the train car been married?

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