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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gift does the narrator give to the six soldiers as they leave?
(a) A flask of whiskey.
(b) Twenty dollars.
(c) A cigarette lighter.
(d) The rest of her pack of cigarettes.

2. In the story "New York to Detroit," Why does Jack suggest that Jean write him a letter?
(a) She always expresses herself so much better in writing.
(b) The telephone connection is so bad that he cannot hear her.
(c) He does not like to talk on the telephone.
(d) He likes to see her handwriting on paper.

3. What complaint does the narrator of "Bohemia" express about sculptors and singers?
(a) They only think about sex.
(b) They can never say no.
(c) They tell everyone about their affairs.
(d) They never know anything.

4. Why does Gerald Cruger avoid looking at Miss Wilmarth in the story "Horsie"?
(a) He thinks she might think he is making a pass at her.
(b) He is afraid that she might ask to stay on longer.
(c) He expects her to toss her head and whinny.
(d) He feels guilty for all of the awful things he has said about her.

5. What three poets are the subject of "A Pig's-Eye View of Literature"?
(a) Dylan Thomas, T.S. Eliot, and Walt Whitman.
(b) John Keats, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Lord Byron.
(c) William Wordsworth, William Blake, and John Keats.
(d) John Keats, Percy Shelley, and Lord Byron.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hazel Morse prides herself most on what characteristic?

2. What excuse does the narrator suggest would have been better to explain Mona's "illness"?

3. Why does the narrator in "Thought for a Sunshiny Morning" not mind stepping on a worm?

4. According to "Ballade of Unfortunate Mammals," how are women and elephants alike?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the allusions in the poem "Guinevere At Her Fireside."

2. Compare the poems "Ultimatum" and "Requiescat." How are they similar?

3. Describe Mr. Cruger's attitude toward his daughter in the story "Horsie."

4. Explain the allusions in the poem "Prayer for a New Mother."

5. What story is told through the poem "There Was One"?

6. In the story, "Lady With a Lamp," what is Mona's illness?

7. How does Hazel Morse lose her own identity in her efforts to please others in the short story "Big Blonde"?

8. How does the narrator of "Lady With a Lamp" make Mona feel worse rather than better?

9. What is the lesson behind the poem "Parable for a Certain Virgin"?

10. In "Mrs. Hofstadter on Josephine Street," how is Horace the exact opposite of what the narrator and her husband are looking for?

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