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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the main building of Stillwater College before it was a college?
(a) A plantation.
(b) A hospital.
(c) An army barracks.
(d) A retirement home.

2. When did Karen Brown die?
(a) 1973.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1967.
(d) 1970.

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

4. How does Peggy characterize the poets who come to visit Lee?
(a) Foul-mouthed gods.
(b) Posers and frauds.
(c) Lazy loafers.
(d) Bullshitting parasites.

5. What is the style of the house Lee lives in near Stillwater College?
(a) Restoration.
(b) Gothic.
(c) Modern.
(d) Victorian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Karen’s Christmas wish make Peggy want?

2. Why does Peggy leave Lee?

3. What does Lee say all poems are about?

4. Who does Peggy discover Lee sleeping with when she comes home from the lake?

5. What does Peggy make Karen wear in the woods around their house?

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