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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Growing Up and Growing Old.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the awkward encounter described by Gregory Corso in Marriage?
(a) Finding about infidelity.
(b) Having children.
(c) Meeting a more attractive sibling.
(d) Meeting the in-laws.

2. How is the ritual in Hairwashing described by the daughter?
(a) Strange.
(b) Pointless.
(c) Uplifting.
(d) Beautiful.

3. What does Rudyard Kipling say over and over about The Female of The Species?
(a) It is more deadly than the male.
(b) It can protect better.
(c) It lives not in fear.
(d) It has a stronger heart.

4. What does Kim Addonizio say women want?
(a) Respect.
(b) To walk in beauty.
(c) A red dress.
(d) Sex.

5. Who is described in the first poem of the section on beauty?
(a) Mary Magdalene.
(b) Jackie Kennedy.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Cleopatra.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal is described in The Female of The Species?

2. What does Kennedy say is the same in each stage of life?

3. Kennedy says marriage is the foundation of ___________.

4. What kind of jewelery is mentioned in Puberty--With Capital Letters?

5. According to Kennedy, what is marriage?

(see the answer key)

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