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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has become a "bitterness" for the narrator if "Iseult of Brittany"?
(a) Her frail cup.
(b) Her lovely hands.
(c) Her lost love.
(d) Her deep pride.

2. What does Hazel do with Mrs. Martin?
(a) They complain about their husbands.
(b) They drink and play cards.
(c) They gossip about their neighbors.
(d) They go shopping together.

3. 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.

4. According to the poem " Two-Volume Novel," what has stopped the sun and moon from shining?
(a) The dead of winter has cast a cloud over everything.
(b) The end of the world has arrived.
(c) The narrator has reached the end of her life.
(d) The narrator's love interest does not love her back.

5. What does Mona say is wrong with her?
(a) It is just her nerves.
(b) She has a broken heart.
(c) She has influenza.
(d) She has ptomaine poisoning.

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

7. What does the narrator of "Cherry White" think of whenever she sees a cherry bough or a flowering tree?
(a) Her lost love.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Children.
(d) Spring.

8. What important lesson has "The Little Old Lady in Lavender Silk" learned from life?
(a) There is nothing more fun than a man.
(b) Never trust a younger man.
(c) Education is more important than any other pleasure.
(d) Always keep company with people of your own social status.

9. What is the narrator's dilemma in the poem "Dilemma"?
(a) Her lover would be scared away whether she were meek or strong.
(b) Her lover wants her to change, but she needs to be true to herself.
(c) She cannot choose between comfort and true love.
(d) She loves two men but cannot choose between them.

10. According to "Salome's Dancing-Lesson," who does not need dance lessons?
(a) A woman whose body is young and cool.
(b) A woman who feels the music in her heart.
(c) A woman who dances for a purpose.
(d) A woman who is too old for dancing.

11. According to the poem "Reuben's Children" what sort of people are cursed?
(a) People who are not true to their own selves.
(b) People who criticize those who are happy with their lives.
(c) People who cheat on their lovers.
(d) People who look for monogamy by sleeping with many partners.

12. Which historical figure keeps intruding upon the narrator's thoughts?
(a) De Tocqueville.
(b) La Rochefoucauld.
(c) Voltaire.
(d) Sartre.

13. What does the narrator wish for the girl in the poem "Story"?
(a) That her mother will wash her mouth out with soap.
(b) That her lover will be faithful.
(c) That she will find true love.
(d) That she will be the first to leave her relationship.

14. Where would the narrator of "Distance" prefer to have her lover?
(a) Just down the lane.
(b) In her dreams.
(c) In her own home.
(d) On the other side of the world.

15. In the story "Mrs. Hofstadter on Josephine Street," what are the narrator and her husband looking for in a servant?
(a) Someone who will keep them company.
(b) Someone who is neat and well-dressed.
(c) Someone who perform his duties in quiet.
(d) Someone who has experience in entertaining company.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "Rhyme Against the Living," who is lucky?

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

3. According to "From a Letter From Lesbia," why should you not take a poet as a lover?

4. Why does the narrator refuse to count sheep?

5. What three poets are the subject of "A Pig's-Eye View of Literature"?

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