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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many years apart are Miss Coulson's and Mrs. Widdup's ages?
(a) 5.
(b) They are the same age.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.
2. When Mr. Coulson complains about the cold, what is his servant's response?
(a) He shuts the windows.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He offers to investigate the problem.
(d) He calls for Mrs. Widdup.
3. What does Mr. Coulson call Mrs. Widdup when she starts talking about "ivy and hand-organs" (335)?
(a) Insane.
(b) "My dear."
(c) A fool.
(d) A romantic.
4. What is the purpose of the allusion to the "virgin of Cologne" (334)?
(a) It reminds the reader that Miss Coulson is very religious.
(b) It characterizes Miss Coulson as cruel and selfish.
(c) It implies that Miss Coulson is uninterested in romantic love.
(d) It foreshadows later plot events.
5. Which of the following literary techniques is used in the title "The Marry Month of May"?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Understatement.
(d) Personification.
Short Answer Questions
1. The story opens with the word "prithee" (332). What does this word mean in this context?
2. What are the "portières" that Miss Coulson is sitting near?
3. What does the narrator warn the reader to "never trust" (333)?
4. How does Miss Coulson spend the afternoon after her conversation with her father about the cold?
5. On page 334, the narrator refers to the "panoply" of Miss Coulson's "unthrilled bosom." What is the meaning of "panoply" in this context?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Mr. Coulson comments that the spring weather is "lovely," his daughter replies "That's just it" (334). What does she mean by her reply?
2. What is Miss Coulson's plan to head off her father's budding romance?
3. What is the significance of the sound of the overturned chair after Mr. Coulson confesses his feelings to Mrs. Widdup?
4. What is the thematic significance of the olfactory image of the city in springtime?
5. Explain the titular allusion and the allusion to "the poet" in the first sentence of the story.
6. In the passage where Miss Coulson stares out the window, the reader is told "The chirp of the sparrows gave her a pain. She mocked at May" (334). To what earlier passage is this a reference, and what is the significance of the reference?
7. How does O. Henry use verbal misunderstandings to characterize Mrs. Widdup when she first appears in Mr. Coulson's room?
8. What happens when Mrs. Widdup makes an excuse to go into Mr. Coulson's room to speak with him after the ice is delivered?
9. How does O. Henry characterize the month of May?
10. How does O. Henry use dry humor to reveal the narrator's opinion about Mrs. Widdup in the narrative intrusion on page 333?
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