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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How is Della's hat described?
(a) Navy blue and new.
(b) Old and brown.
(c) New and red.
(d) Old and gray.
2. What is Jim and Della's last name?
(a) Young.
(b) Smith.
(c) Small.
(d) Jackson.
3. What has Jim bought Della for Christmas?
(a) Hair combs.
(b) A gold watch.
(c) A gold ring.
(d) A diamond ring.
4. The gifts that Della and Jim are revealed to have bought for one another are an example of what literary device?
(a) Simile.
(b) Comic irony.
(c) Literary allusion.
(d) Verbal irony.
5. How is the proprietor of the hair shop described?
(a) Large and too-white.
(b) Masculine and gruff.
(c) Thin and withered.
(d) Coarse and rough-faced.
Short Answer Questions
1. The narrator says in the end of "The Gift of the Magi" that these two (Jim and Della) were what, among all who give gifts?
2. How old is Jim said to be in the narrative?
3. What did Jim sell to buy Della's gift?
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. What are the most significant symbols in "The Gift of the Magi"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the historical context of "The Gift of the Magi" influence the story?
2. Describe one simile or metaphor from the short story and how it serves the reader.
3. What is one example of Biblical reference or allusion in the story and why is it used?
4. How is the theme of sacrifice developed in the story through character?
5. Describe one example of irony in "The Gift of the Magi." What type of irony is described?
6. What does Jim purchase for Della and how is this object described?
7. Who or what would you identify as the protagonist and antagonist in "The Gift of the Magi"? Why?
8. What does "allegory" mean and how does this term apply to "The Gift of the Magi"?
9. What does "narrative intrusion" mean and how does it apply to "The Gift of the Magi"?
10. What adaptations have been developed of "The Gift of the Magi"?
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