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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the narrator warn the reader to "never trust" (333)?
2. According to the narrator, what does May want humans to remember?
3. What does Mr. Coulson call Mrs. Widdup when she starts talking about "ivy and hand-organs" (335)?
4. There are "jonquils" near where Mr. Coulson is sitting. What are jonquils?
5. Who is the author of "The Marry Month of May"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the significance of the sound of the overturned chair after Mr. Coulson confesses his feelings to Mrs. Widdup?
2. Explain the technique at work in the sentences "Sparrows wrangled happily everywhere outdoors. Never trust May" (333).
3. 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?
4. 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?
5. What is the thematic significance of the olfactory image of the city in springtime?
6. What is the rhetorical purpose of the allusions to Puck and Circe?
7. When Mr. Coulson complains that no one in the house cares if he lives or dies, how does Mrs. Widdup's reply set the events of the story in motion?
8. When Mr. Coulson finally confesses his feelings to Mrs. Widdup, what drawback to himself does he acknowledge, and what advantage does he say balances this drawback out?
9. How does O. Henry use verbal misunderstandings to characterize Mrs. Widdup when she first appears in Mr. Coulson's room?
10. What happens when Mrs. Widdup makes an excuse to go into Mr. Coulson's room to speak with him after the ice is delivered?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay in which you explore the beliefs about marriage revealed in "The Marry Month of May." Give textual support for your claims.
Essay Topic 2
Make and defend a claim about the purpose of O. Henry's allusions in "The Marry Month of May." Use both paraphrased and quoted textual evidence to support your claim.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you analyze the characterization of Mr. Coulson and make a claim about its significance in the story. Use textual evidence to support your claim.
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