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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 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 Miss Coulson has had a very large ice order delivered.
(c) She tells him that Miss Coulson is upstairs sleeping.
(d) She tells him that his manservant has gone to the post office.

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

3. What point is made through the juxtaposition of Mr. Coulson's and Mrs. Widdup's comments about springtime?
(a) They have very different points of view about springtime.
(b) Mrs. Widdup does not return Mr. Coulson's affections.
(c) There is a significant gap in their education and social classes.
(d) Mrs. Widdup is a much more emotional person than Mr. Coulson is.

4. What illness does Mr. Coulson suffer from?
(a) Anemia.
(b) Rheumatism.
(c) Lupus.
(d) Gout.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With which motif is Miss Coulson most identified?

2. How does the narrator suggest the reader should respond to the poet who praises the month of May?

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

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

5. What are the "portières" that Miss Coulson is sitting near?

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