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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 implied about Miss Coulson when she looks at the flowers "with the eye of a botanist" (334)?
(a) She is very intelligent.
(b) She is curious.
(c) She is logical and unemotional.
(d) She is thinking of cutting them down.

2. Mrs. Widdup is described as "comely" (333). What does this mean is true about her?
(a) She is funny.
(b) She is clever.
(c) She is a hard worker.
(d) She is attractive.

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

4. What information does Mrs. Widdup give Mr. Coulson that contradicts what Miss Coulson told him earlier?
(a) She tells him that it is warm outside.
(b) She tells him that his manservant has gone to the post office.
(c) She tells him that Miss Coulson has had a very large ice order delivered.
(d) She tells him that Miss Coulson is upstairs sleeping.

5. Who is the author of "The Marry Month of May"?
(a) Henry James.
(b) O. Henry.
(c) Edith Wharton.
(d) Willa Cather.

Short Answer Questions

1. The story opens with the word "prithee" (332). What does this word mean in this context?

2. What is comic about the turn of phrase "she withstood the attack of the ethereal mildness" (334)?

3. What is clear in the first interaction between Mr. Coulson, Miss Coulson, and Mrs. Widdup?

4. Miss Coulson has a "lorgnette" (334). What is a lorgnette?

5. What is Mrs. Widdup's job?

(see the answer key)

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