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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "The Marry Month of May".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following literary techniques is used in the title "The Marry Month of May"?
(a) Personification.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Understatement.
(d) Hyperbole.

2. When Miss Coulson stands thinking at the window, to what insects does she mentally compare Mr. Coulson and Mrs. Widdup?
(a) Mayflies.
(b) Mosquitoes.
(c) Fleas.
(d) Cockroaches.

3. When the author compares May to Circe and explains the comparison at length, what literary technique is he using?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Synechdoche.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Anaphora.

4. How does Miss Coulson spend the afternoon after her conversation with her father about the cold?
(a) She goes shopping.
(b) She works in the garden.
(c) She takes a long nap.
(d) She reads a romance book.

5. With which motif is Miss Coulson most identified?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Ice.
(c) Wealth.
(d) May.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which bird is Mr. Coulson said to be "elder brother" to in May?

2. What is implied by the number of days for which Miss Coulson orders extra ice?

3. Why does Mrs. Widdup go into Mr. Coulson's room in the afternoon on the second day of the story?

4. What are the "portières" that Miss Coulson is sitting near?

5. What is the name of the servant who usually gives Mr. Coulson his medication?

(see the answer key)

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