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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. How does Miss Coulson spend the afternoon after her conversation with her father about the cold?
(a) She goes shopping.
(b) She takes a long nap.
(c) She reads a romance book.
(d) She works in the garden.
2. What is implied about Miss Coulson when she looks at the flowers "with the eye of a botanist" (334)?
(a) She is curious.
(b) She is thinking of cutting them down.
(c) She is very intelligent.
(d) She is logical and unemotional.
3. What is the name of the servant who usually gives Mr. Coulson his medication?
(a) Higgins.
(b) Foster.
(c) Marley.
(d) Treadwell.
4. According to the narrator, what does May want humans to remember?
(a) That they should be grateful for the coming summer.
(b) That they are not immortal.
(c) That they are also animals.
(d) That they should be kind to one another.
5. What is clear in the first interaction between Mr. Coulson, Miss Coulson, and Mrs. Widdup?
(a) Miss Coulson has no idea that Mr. Coulson has romantic intentions toward Mrs. Widdup.
(b) Both Mr. Coulson and Mrs. Widdup are aware that Miss Coulson will disapprove of them having a relationship.
(c) Mrs. Widdup is much more intelligent than she seems at first.
(d) Mr. Coulson is used to having to trick Miss Coulson in order to get his way.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Mr. Coulson complains about the cold, what is his servant's response?
2. After the iceman tells Miss Coulson, "It'll be a pleasure to fix things up for you any way you please," the narrator comments "Alas for May" (334). What is implied by this comment?
3. Why does Mrs. Widdup go into Mr. Coulson's room in the afternoon on the second day of the story?
4. When Mr. Coulson asks for his "aconite," what is he asking for (333)?
5. Which of the following literary techniques is used in the title "The Marry Month of May"?
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