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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the first poet Lee invited to Stillwater College?
(a) Anne Sexton.
(b) Mark Strand.
(c) Sylvia Plath.
(d) Gregory Corso.

2. The narrator says that Lee and Byrdie look like advertisements for shirts and baby food: what does she say Peggy looks like?
(a) Their maintenance man.
(b) The nanny.
(c) The secretary.
(d) The movie star.

3. How does the narrator characterize the routine Peggy gets into with her new baby?
(a) Exhausting days of colic.
(b) Leisurely feeding and naps.
(c) Grinding housework.
(d) Exciting days in the garden.

4. Why does Peggy not want to go to a judge to get a divorce?
(a) Shame for her childrearing.
(b) Fear of losing custody.
(c) Fear of Lee’s temper.
(d) Fear of publicity.

5. Why does Peggy leave Lee?
(a) Fear of poverty.
(b) Fear of being committed to a mental institution.
(c) Rage at his cruelty to her.
(d) Spite.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator characterize the persona Peggy acquired in high school?

2. Why does the narrator say people came to visit Stillwater College from all over?

3. How does Peggy characterize the poets who come to visit Lee?

4. What does Lee say all poems are about?

5. How do Peggy’s parents treat her children?

(see the answer key)

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