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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 is irritated, he complains that no one in the house does what?
(a) Attempts to entertain him.
(b) Responds when he rings for a servant.
(c) Listens to him when he speaks.
(d) Cares if he lives or dies.

2. Whom does the narrator refer to as "the venerable and scarcely suspecting victim of May" (334)?
(a) Mr. Coulson.
(b) Miss Coulson.
(c) Mrs. Widdup.
(d) The iceman.

3. When "May holds up a chiding finger," (332), what is May's intention?
(a) To indicate the "first" of something.
(b) To indicate a pause.
(c) To scold.
(d) To indicate a direction.

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

5. What does the narrator warn the reader to "never trust" (333)?
(a) May.
(b) Hyacinths.
(c) Sparrows.
(d) Warm breezes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mr. Coulson hesitate as he says, "In the spring...a y -- that is a man's -- fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love" (333)?

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

4. Why does Miss Coulson ask when Mrs. Widdup's vacation begins?

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

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