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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to the generalized dislike, distrust, disgust, contempt or hatred of the human species or human nature?
(a) Mistrust.
(b) Misanthrope.
(c) Malaprop.
(d) Misogynist.

2. What did Granny have Florence accompany her and Jensy attend on in Chapter 5?
(a) Political protests.
(b) War marches.
(c) Weddings and balls.
(d) Temporal acts of mercy.

3. In what year was Florence's family evicted from the apartment at Park Road?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1935.

4. Who paraphrased Henry Adams in Chapter 6, saying "culturally impossible for the American woman to be feminine because she has no defining goddesses"?
(a) Herb.
(b) Florence.
(c) Granny.
(d) Mama.

5. What refers to a young lady from an aristocratic or upper class family who has reached the age of maturity, and as a new adult, is introduced to society at a formal "début" presentation?
(a) Mademoiselle.
(b) Debutante.
(c) Cotillian.
(d) Coterie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Herb King originally from?

2. In the Prologue, the author states that what enjoy a generic recognition only in the South?

3. When did World War II begin?

4. In what year was Florence King born?

5. In what city did Herb and Mama live after marrying?

(see the answer key)

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