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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 the author compares May to Circe and explains the comparison at length, what literary technique is he using?
(a) Synechdoche.
(b) Conceit.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Hyperbole.

2. What is the name of the servant who usually gives Mr. Coulson his medication?
(a) Marley.
(b) Higgins.
(c) Treadwell.
(d) Foster.

3. 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.

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

5. What kind of clam is a "chowder-doomed clam" (332)?
(a) One that is personified as feeling worried.
(b) One that is poisonous to humans.
(c) One that is destined to be eaten in soup.
(d) One that is confused by its surroundings.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why is Mr. Coulson so clumsy on the afternoon after the ice is delivered?

4. When Mr. Coulson asks for his "aconite," what is he asking for (333)?

5. The story opens with the word "prithee" (332). What does this word mean in this context?

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