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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 does Kennedy say is the same in each stage of life?
(a) They last too long.
(b) They bring pain.
(c) They are not what we expect.
(d) They pass to fast.

2. What kind of poet is Gregory Corso?
(a) A Revolutionary Poet.
(b) A Romantic Poet.
(c) A New World Poet.
(d) A Beat Generation Poet.

3. What brought about early bedtime in Grown-up?
(a) The sun.
(b) Sickness.
(c) Father.
(d) Tantrums.

4. What choices does Kennedy say are the most important?
(a) The first choices.
(b) The transition choices.
(c) The religious choices.
(d) The firm choices.

5. In what form is The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia written?
(a) Limerick.
(b) Sonnet.
(c) Prose.
(d) Couplet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is traded for dolls in Puberty--With Capital Letters?

2. What does Kim Addonizio say women want?

3. Kennedy says marriage is the foundation of ___________.

4. How does Kennedy describe the person she talks about in the introduction to beauty?

5. According to Kennedy, what is marriage?

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