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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Gift of the Magi".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the design of the watch chain described?
(a) Simple.
(b) Elaborate.
(c) Highly detailed.
(d) Extravagant.

2. On what floor is the hair shop described as being?
(a) The third floor.
(b) The second floor.
(c) The basement.
(d) The first floor.

3. The gifts that Della and Jim are revealed to have bought for one another are an example of what literary device?
(a) Comic irony.
(b) Literary allusion.
(c) Verbal irony.
(d) Simile.

4. The narrator says in the beginning of "The Gift of the Magi" that Della knows that her hair is more beautiful than what?
(a) A field of fresh-fallen snow.
(b) A queen's jewels and gifts.
(c) A flower in the meadow.
(d) A mountain looking over a lake.

5. To whose shop does Della go to sell her hair?
(a) Madame Montpellier's shop.
(b) Madame Richmond's shop.
(c) Madame Sofronie's shop.
(d) Madame Lemonds's shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long does Della shop for a gift for Jim after selling her hair?

2. How much is Jim's income now, according to the author in the opening of "The Gift of the Magi"?

3. How much is the cost of the room where Della and Jim live?

4. What does Della tell Jim she could not live through when he arrives home in "The Gift of the Magi"?

5. Where did Jim obtain his gold watch?

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