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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word used in “Life in the Iron Mills” refers to a crystalline alkaloid used as a pesticide?
(a) Iodine
(b) Aspartame
(c) Strychnine
(d) DDT

2. By what nickname is Hugh Wolfe called in the mill in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Big Bad Wolfe
(b) Grandma
(c) Molly Wolfe
(d) Old Wolfe

3. What Latin phrase, translated as “Hungry and thirsty, his soul faints him” is used in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Semper fidelis
(b) Clamat au arian
(c) De profundis clamavi
(d) Scribet et libret

4. When was “Life in the Iron Mills” first published in a periodical?
(a) September, 1900
(b) July, 1912
(c) April, 1861
(d) June, 1843

5. The narrator compares the “wild, eager face” of the sculpture in “Life in the Iron Mills” to what?
(a) An enraged goddess’s
(b) A hungry child’s
(c) A starving wolf’s
(d) A seductive snake’s

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does the narrator use to refer to a nickname in “Life in the Iron Mills”?

2. The narrator says in “Life in the Iron Mills,” “Man cannot live by” what?

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

4. 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?

5. Hugh’s legs are describes as being ironed because he made how many attempts at escape from jail in “Life in the Iron Mills”?

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