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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. Who is Miss Van Meeker Constantia Coulson?
2. How many years apart are Miss Coulson's and Mrs. Widdup's ages?
3. When Mr. Coulson continues quoting the poem and mentions "a livelier iris," what does Mrs. Widdup think he is talking about? (333)
4. What does Mr. Coulson call Mrs. Widdup when she starts talking about "ivy and hand-organs" (335)?
5. What kind of clam is a "chowder-doomed clam" (332)?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain the significance of the diction "foxy" to describe Mrs. Widdup (333).
2. How does O. Henry use verbal misunderstandings to characterize Mrs. Widdup when she first appears in Mr. Coulson's room?
3. 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?
4. 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?
5. What is the rhetorical purpose of the allusions to Puck and Circe?
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. What is Miss Coulson's plan to head off her father's budding romance?
8. 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?
9. When rhetorical purposes are served by the passage where the narrator says that the scent of flowers was carried in through the window and "fought" with the scent of Mr. Coulson's gout medicine?
10. Explain the titular allusion and the allusion to "the poet" in the first sentence of the story.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the narrative voice of "The Marry Month of May." Use both paraphrased and quoted textual evidence to support your claim.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay that explores the way in which the story's setting impacts the reader's understanding of the theme of "The Marry Month of May." Use textual evidence to support your claims.
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