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

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. Which bird is Mr. Coulson said to be "elder brother" to in May?
(a) Chickadee.
(b) Turtle-dove.
(c) Pigeon.
(d) Robin.

4. When Mr. Coulson continues quoting the poem and mentions "a livelier iris," what does Mrs. Widdup think he is talking about? (333)
(a) Flowers.
(b) A bird.
(c) The Irish.
(d) Eyes.

5. What is comic about the turn of phrase "she withstood the attack of the ethereal mildness" (334)?
(a) The idea that "mildness" could be "ethereal."
(b) The surprise ending to a well-known phrase.
(c) The understatement of the danger.
(d) The contradiction in the terms "attack" and "ethereal mildness."

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Mrs. Widdup?

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

3. How does Miss Coulson spend the afternoon after her conversation with her father about the cold?

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

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

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