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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 looking-glass described in Della and Jim's home?
(a) Very narrow.
(b) Very large.
(c) Round and solid.
(d) Very wide.

2. What literary term applies to a device wherein the author steps away from the narrative to speak directly to the reader?
(a) Omniscient intrusion.
(b) Authorial intrusion.
(c) Literary allusion.
(d) Extrication.

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

4. In what approximate time period does "The Gift of the Magi" take place?
(a) The late 1600s.
(b) The early 1800s.
(c) The early 1900s.
(d) The late 1700s.

5. On whose point of view is the narrative focused in "The Gift of the Magi"?
(a) On Jim's point of view.
(b) On Jim's father's point of view.
(c) On Della's point of view.
(d) On Madame Sofronie's point of view.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the watch chain made of that Della buys for Jim?

2. The gifts that Della and Jim are revealed to have bought for one another are an example of what literary device?

3. What is the most likely setting of "The Gift of the Magi"?

4. What does the narrator say that large-hearted giving can leave behind?

5. What are Jim and Della about to do in the end of "The Gift of the Magi"?

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