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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 bird is Mr. Coulson said to be "elder brother" to in May?
(a) Pigeon.
(b) Robin.
(c) Turtle-dove.
(d) Chickadee.

2. When Mr. Coulson is irritated, he complains that no one in the house does what?
(a) Cares if he lives or dies.
(b) Attempts to entertain him.
(c) Responds when he rings for a servant.
(d) Listens to him when he speaks.

3. What does Mr. Coulson call Mrs. Widdup when she starts talking about "ivy and hand-organs" (335)?
(a) "My dear."
(b) A romantic.
(c) A fool.
(d) Insane.

4. Who is Miss Van Meeker Constantia Coulson?
(a) Mr. Coulson's granddaughter.
(b) Mr. Coulson's aunt.
(c) Mr. Coulson's sister.
(d) Mr. Coulson's daughter.

5. What is comic about the turn of phrase "she withstood the attack of the ethereal mildness" (334)?
(a) The surprise ending to a well-known phrase.
(b) The idea that "mildness" could be "ethereal."
(c) The contradiction in the terms "attack" and "ethereal mildness."
(d) The understatement of the danger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What physical gesture of affection does Mr. Coulson make toward Mrs. Widdup?

2. Which neighborhood does Mr. Coulson live in?

3. When the author compares May to Circe and explains the comparison at length, what literary technique is he using?

4. The narrator says,"Pixies and flibbertigibbits haunt the budding woods" (332). What is in the woods?

5. Where Mr. Coulson is sitting, two main smells are "battling": the smell of flowers and what other smell?

(see the answer key)

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