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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. Where Mr. Coulson is sitting, two main smells are "battling": the smell of flowers and what other smell?
(a) Mr. Coulson's uneaten breakfast.
(b) The medicine on Mr. Coulson's skin.
(c) Mr. Coulson's strong cologne.
(d) The musty smell of Mr. Coulson's room.
2. Why is Mr. Coulson so clumsy on the afternoon after the ice is delivered?
(a) He is upset because of the cold.
(b) He is angry at Miss Coulson's meddling.
(c) He is nervous about speaking to Mrs. Widdup.
(d) He is frustrated that he has not yet been able to confess his feelings to Mrs. Widdup.
3. 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?
(a) Miss Coulson has deliberately given the iceman the wrong impression about her intentions.
(b) The iceman is mocking Miss Coulson for making such a strange request.
(c) Miss Coulson would not have to scheme against Mr. Coulson if it were not for the season.
(d) The iceman is flirting a little bit with Miss Coulson.
4. The narrator says,"Pixies and flibbertigibbits haunt the budding woods" (332). What is in the woods?
(a) Tricky supernatural creatures and people with evil intentions.
(b) Dangerous monsters and people with evil intentions.
(c) Tricky supernatural creatures and shallow, easily distracted people.
(d) Dangerous monsters and shallow, easily distracted people.
5. The story opens with the word "prithee" (332). What does this word mean in this context?
(a) I disapprove of this.
(b) Keep this information secret.
(c) Please, I am begging you.
(d) Listen carefully.
Short Answer Questions
1. On page 334, the narrator refers to the "panoply" of Miss Coulson's "unthrilled bosom." What is the meaning of "panoply" in this context?
2. What physical gesture of affection does Mr. Coulson make toward Mrs. Widdup?
3. Mrs. Widdup is described as "comely" (333). What does this mean is true about her?
4. Who is the author of "The Marry Month of May"?
5. What does the narrator call the "most potent weapons of insidious May" (334)?
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