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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author of “A Biographical Interpretation,” Rebecca Harding Davis wrote an article speaking out against what movement?
(a) The women’s rights movement
(b) The American Realism movement
(c) The prohibition movement
(d) The abolitionist movement

2. From whom did Deborah presumably steal the money in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Mr. Kirby
(b) Mr. Mitchell
(c) Dr. May
(d) Mr. Wolfe

3. About how old does Mrs. Palmer appear when she looks in the mirror after awakening in “Anne”?
(a) 30
(b) 50
(c) 12
(d) 16

4. What Biblical figure, the son of Isaac, does the narrator denote having been deprived of his birthright in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Peter
(b) Abel
(c) Esau
(d) Cain

5. What is the name of the lawyer that the judge appoints to Hugh Wolfe in “Life in the Iron Mills”?
(a) Mr. Gibson
(b) Mr. Smith
(c) Mr. May
(d) Mr. Clarke

Short Answer Questions

1. By what pet name does the narrator recall her husband fondly calling her when they first married in “The Wife’s Story”?

2. Of the now shutting-down iron mill, Mitchell says in “Life in the Iron Mills,” “One could fancy these red smoldering lights to be the half-shut eyes of wild beasts, and the spectral figures their” what?

3. What night of the week is it that Deborah brings Hugh his dinner at the mill in the beginning of “Life in the Iron Mills”?

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

5. What word does the narrator use in the beginning of “Life in the Iron Mills” to refer to a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement?

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