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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 is the purpose of the allusion to the "virgin of Cologne" (334)?
(a) It characterizes Miss Coulson as cruel and selfish.
(b) It foreshadows later plot events.
(c) It implies that Miss Coulson is uninterested in romantic love.
(d) It reminds the reader that Miss Coulson is very religious.

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

3. According to the narrator, what does May want humans to remember?
(a) That they are not immortal.
(b) That they are also animals.
(c) That they should be grateful for the coming summer.
(d) That they should be kind to one another.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mr. Coulson tell his servant to "bring an axe" (335)?

2. How many years apart are Miss Coulson's and Mrs. Widdup's ages?

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

4. What is implied about Miss Coulson when she looks at the flowers "with the eye of a botanist" (334)?

5. 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?

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