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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what business is Jarvis Poulter engaged?
(a) Education.
(b) Salt mines.
(c) Law.
(d) Finance.

2. How can Jarvis Poulter's lifestyle be characterized?
(a) Primitive.
(b) Cultured.
(c) Completely masculine.
(d) Eclectic.

3. Which of the following is not the typical assumption for a woman's life in the late a1880s?
(a) Unmarried poet.
(b) Hostess.
(c) Mother.
(d) Wife.

4. Almeda keeps her distance both physically and _______________ in town.
(a) Socially.
(b) Mentally.
(c) Politically.
(d) Financially.

5. The fact that Almeda is an independent spirit and does not fit into 1800s society but would be applauded in the 1990s is called ______________.
(a) Analogy.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Irony.
(d) Symbolism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Almeda is removed from _________________ in the town.

2. With what would Jarvis interfere if Almeda were to take a drive with him in the country?

3. How is Almeda portrayed in the story?

4. What kind of life does Almeda instinctively desire?

5. What does Jarvis do with Almeda on Sundays?

(see the answer key)

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