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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. What is the "twist" at the end of this story?
(a) Mrs. Widdup turns out to be wealthy, herself.
(b) Mrs. Widdup's husband is still alive.
(c) Miss Coulson runs away with the iceman.
(d) Mr. Coulson never had any romantic intentions toward Mrs. Widdup at all.

2. What physical gesture of affection does Mr. Coulson make toward Mrs. Widdup?
(a) He strokes her hair.
(b) He holds her hand.
(c) He touches her arm.
(d) He kisses her.

3. When Mr. Coulson continues quoting the poem and mentions "a livelier iris," what does Mrs. Widdup think he is talking about? (333)
(a) Eyes.
(b) A bird.
(c) The Irish.
(d) Flowers.

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

5. Miss Coulson has a "lorgnette" (334). What is a lorgnette?
(a) Glasses that have a handle instead of ear-pieces.
(b) A round, flat case designed to hold medications or tobacco.
(c) A high-necked, long-sleeved sweater.
(d) A piece of jewelry used to hold a scarf or shawl closed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Mr. Coulson is irritated, he complains that no one in the house does what?

3. When Mr. Coulson complains about the cold, what is his servant's response?

4. What is implied by Mr. Coulson's mention of Palm Beach?

5. According to the narrator, what does May want humans to remember?

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