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

2. What is steady throughout The Passionate Shepherd to His Love?
(a) All of these.
(b) The beat.
(c) The rhyming scheme.
(d) The intent.

3. How does Kennedy describe the person she talks about in the introduction to beauty?
(a) A compassionate soul.
(b) A trendsetter.
(c) A mind ahead of her time.
(d) A loud voice.

4. What advice does Nash give in A Word to Husbands?
(a) To admit when they are wrong.
(b) To thank the wife for everything.
(c) To sleep well.
(d) To never cheat.

5. On whom does Kennedy say her grandmother focused her attention?
(a) Her children.
(b) Her pets.
(c) Her grandchildren.
(d) Her students.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the ritual in Hairwashing described by the daughter?

2. What kind of poet is Gregory Corso?

3. Whom does Caroline say her aunts wanted to look like?

4. Who is described in the first poem of the section on beauty?

5. According to Kennedy, what is marriage?

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