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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what does each of the sections begin?
(a) A few lines written by the protagonist.
(b) A few lines from Shakespeare.
(c) A few lines from Thoreau.
(d) A few lines from Whitman.

2. Which of the following does not enter into Almeda's idea of what marriage would be like?
(a) Responsibility.
(b) Fun.
(c) Dependence.
(d) Reliance.

3. How did Almeda's mother die?
(a) Heart attack.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Grief.
(d) Cancer.

4. What is the narrator's name?
(a) Jane.
(b) It is not known.
(c) Alicia.
(d) Percy.

5. The fact that Almeda is an independent spirit and does not fit into 1800s society but would be applauded in the 1990s is called ______________.
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Irony.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Analogy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following roles did Almeda not assume for her father after the death of her mother?

2. According to Almeda, marriage would mean __________________ existence.

3. Almeda has no instincts for _________________.

4. What is the role of the narrator in MENESETEUNG?

5. Almeda's lifestyle could be characterized as _______________.

(see the answer key)

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