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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unique about Queen Aggie?
(a) She can speak ten languages.
(b) She can put her legs behind her head.
(c) She has a white streak on the front of her hair.
(d) She is always drunk.

2. Where is there speculation about a courtship between Jarvis and Almeda?
(a) In the restaurants.
(b) In church.
(c) In the women's clubs.
(d) In the Vidette.

3. Almeda is not considered to be _______________ yet.
(a) An accomplished author.
(b) A wealthy woman.
(c) A philanthropist.
(d) An old maid.

4. Which of the following does Almeda not prefer to do?
(a) Cook.
(b) Study.
(c) Write poetry.
(d) Read.

5. In what business is Jarvis Poulter engaged?
(a) Education.
(b) Law.
(c) Salt mines.
(d) Finance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Almeda's father leave her when he died?

2. What would Almeda regret if she were to go on a drive in the country with Jarvis?

3. Almeda has no need for ____________________.

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

5. What is the setting of MENESETEUNG?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where and when are the protagonist's poems published?

2. Whose death also occurs close to Almeda's?

3. What does the narrator say about making wrong conclusions about people?

4. How many sections are in the story and how are they begun?

5. What is the story of MENESETEUNG?

6. How does the author write Section 6 of the story?

7. What does Almeda think about in her delirious state?

8. What does Almeda do for the very first time in her life today?

9. What is the narrator's opinion on the individual when recounting history?

10. What role did Almeda assume for her father after her mother died?

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