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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of Hugh Wolfe, the narrator says in “Life in the Iron Mills,” “His soul within him was smothering to death; he wanted so much, thought so much, and knew” what?
(a) Only himself
(b) Only art
(c) So little
(d) Nothing

2. The narrator in “Life in the Iron Mills” says that it is nearly how long since the Wolfes lived in the boarding house in the beginning of the story?
(a) 4 years
(b) 20 years
(c) 30 years
(d) 10 years

3. What kind of tobacco does the narrator describe the drunken Irishmen puffing on in the beginning of “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Williamsburg tobacco
(b) Lynchburg tobacco
(c) Skydancer tobacco
(d) Lucky Strike tobacco

4. What Greek goddess of love and beauty does the narrator describe a sculpture of in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Athena
(b) Aphrodite
(c) Echo
(d) Achilles

5. Of Deborah, the narrator says in “Life in the Iron Mills,” “Perhaps the weak, flaccid wretch had some stimulant in her pale life to keep her up—some love or hope, it might be, or urgent need. When that stimulant was gone, she would take to” what?
(a) Whiskey
(b) Opium
(c) Lacquer
(d) The river

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from “Life in the Iron Mills” means given or characterized by joking?

2. The narrator tells the reader in the beginning of “Life in the Iron Mills,” I will tell you plainly that I have a great hope; and I bring it to you to be” what?

3. What word used in “Life in the Iron Mills” refers to a side of cured pork?

4. Where do Deborah’s coworkers tell her there a ball tonight in the beginning of “Life in the Iron Mills”?

5. What feeder at the mill does Hugh look down on at the marketplace from his cell in “Life in the Iron Mills”?

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