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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. 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) The Irish.
(c) A bird.
(d) Flowers.

2. What claim is the narrator making by calling humans "lineal scions of the pansy" (332)?
(a) Plants and animals are just as valuable as humans.
(b) Pansies are more like humans than most people realize.
(c) Humans and flowers are related through evolution.
(d) Humans are the servants of nature.

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

4. How does the narrator suggest the reader should respond to the poet who praises the month of May?
(a) With laughter.
(b) With more accurate scientific information.
(c) With a poem that condemns May.
(d) With a punch in the eye.

5. The narrator says,"Pixies and flibbertigibbits haunt the budding woods" (332). What is in the woods?
(a) Dangerous monsters and people with evil intentions.
(b) Dangerous monsters and shallow, easily distracted people.
(c) Tricky supernatural creatures and people with evil intentions.
(d) Tricky supernatural creatures and shallow, easily distracted people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mrs. Widdup's job?

2. When Miss Coulson stands thinking at the window, to what insects does she mentally compare Mr. Coulson and Mrs. Widdup?

3. Which of the following literary techniques is used in the title "The Marry Month of May"?

4. What does the narrator call the "most potent weapons of insidious May" (334)?

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

(see the answer key)

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