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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Biographical Interpretation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Janey’s eyes in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Mexican
(b) Milesian
(c) Spanish
(d) Armenian

2. The author of “A Biographical Interpretation” states that Rebecca Harding Davis grew up along what river?
(a) The Colorado River
(b) The Ohio River
(c) The Hudson River
(d) The Columbus River

3. On what date were L. Clarke Davis and Rebecca Harding Davis married?
(a) April 3, 1869
(b) March 12, 1885
(c) March 5, 1863
(d) September 2, 1905

4. Janey tells Deborah that “the father” is in the stone house with whom in the beginning of “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Haley
(b) Peters
(c) Paul
(d) Henderson

5. When was Waiting for the Verdict published?
(a) 1839
(b) 1898
(c) 1811
(d) 1867

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did Rebecca Harding Davis die?

2. What deformity is Deborah said to be afflicted with in “Life in the Iron Mills”?

3. What Biblical figure, the son of Isaac, does the narrator denote having been deprived of his birthright in “Life in the Iron Mills”?

4. “Life in the Iron Mills” is regarded by many academics as the beginning of what movement in American literature?

5. What word does the narrator use to describe Hugh Wolfe’s infancy in “Life in the Iron Mills”?

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