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

2. What are the "portières" that Miss Coulson is sitting near?
(a) Curtains hung in the doorway.
(b) Wall hangings.
(c) Hanging lamps.
(d) Window shutters.

3. Where Mr. Coulson is sitting, two main smells are "battling": the smell of flowers and what other smell?
(a) The medicine on Mr. Coulson's skin.
(b) Mr. Coulson's strong cologne.
(c) Mr. Coulson's uneaten breakfast.
(d) The musty smell of Mr. Coulson's room.

4. With which motif is Miss Coulson most identified?
(a) Ice.
(b) Wealth.
(c) May.
(d) Flowers.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What point is made through the juxtaposition of Mr. Coulson's and Mrs. Widdup's comments about springtime?

2. What does Miss Coulson's believe about love?

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

4. What is clear in the first interaction between Mr. Coulson, Miss Coulson, and Mrs. Widdup?

5. What is the purpose of the allusion to the "virgin of Cologne" (334)?

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