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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. The watch chain is described as being like Jim, who is said to be embodied with what?
(a) Quietness and value.
(b) Boldness and beauty.
(c) Glamour and gallantry.
(d) Ambition and strength.

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

3. How much money is offered for Della's hair?
(a) $20.
(b) $10.
(c) $40.
(d) $15.

4. What does Della do after counting her money in the beginning of "The Gift of the Magi"?
(a) She weeps.
(b) She cheers.
(c) She calls for a cab.
(d) She calls her mother.

5. How would you describe Della's feelings for Jim?
(a) She secretly detests him.
(b) She loves him dearly.
(c) She is constantly jealous over him.
(d) She resents him greatly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator describe Jim and Della in the end of "The Gift of the Magi"?

2. How is Della's physical stature described by the narrator?

3. When was "The Gift of the Magi" first published?

4. Della considers what Jim will think of her cut hair and she imagines that if he does not kill her, he will say she looks like what in "The Gift of the Magi"?

5. How is the design of the watch chain described?

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