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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. Which of the following literary techniques is used in the title "The Marry Month of May"?
2. With which motif is Miss Coulson most identified?
3. What kind of clam is a "chowder-doomed clam" (332)?
4. What is implied by Mr. Coulson's mention of Palm Beach?
5. What is comic about the turn of phrase "she withstood the attack of the ethereal mildness" (334)?
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. Explain the significance of the diction "foxy" to describe Mrs. Widdup (333).
3. What is the rhetorical purpose of the allusions to Puck and Circe?
4. What is the thematic significance of the olfactory image of the city in springtime?
5. What is the significance of the sound of the overturned chair after Mr. Coulson confesses his feelings to Mrs. Widdup?
6. What is Miss Coulson's plan to head off her father's budding romance?
7. How do words like "yaller" and "lawsy" in Mrs. Widdup's dialogue characterize her?
8. When Miss Coulson says that the supposedly chilly weather is "An instance...of winter lingering in the lap of spring," what double meaning does she have in mind? (335).
9. Explain the technique at work in the sentences "Sparrows wrangled happily everywhere outdoors. Never trust May" (333).
10. What rhetorical purposes does O. Henry accomplish with his introduction of Mr. Coulson through a list of things that he "has," like gout, money, and a daughter?
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
Make and defend a claim about O. Henry's "The Marry Month of May" as an example of American Naturalism. Support your ideas with evidence from the text; if you use outside sources, be sure to cite them in MLA format.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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