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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hazel ask Nettie to do for her after her suicide attempt?
(a) To get her a drink.
(b) To throw out the rest of the pills and dump out the Scotch.
(c) To get the phone number of the doctor.
(d) To help her into a hot bath.

2. How does Midge change the rules of their game at the end of "The Standard of Living"?
(a) She says that they should no longer ask about the prices of their "purchases."
(b) She suggests that they invite more people to play with them.
(c) She raises the amount of money they can "spend" from one to ten million dollars.
(d) She decides that the players can spend their money on others.

3. What is the "rotten news" that Mimi's husband brings with him?
(a) He has been discharged by the Air Force.
(b) He wants to divorce her.
(c) His leave has been canceled, and he must be on the next train.
(d) He forgot all of his luggage at the train station.

4. According to the poem "Fighting Words," what would cause the narrator to desert her lover?
(a) If he admires another woman.
(b) If he criticizes her poetry.
(c) If he mocks her for being too fond of him.
(d) If he accuses her of being sullen.

5. Why has the Bains' son, Paul, been sent away?
(a) He had been caught stealing money from the Old Gentleman.
(b) He was young and made too much noise for the Old Gentleman.
(c) He was a drunkard and could not be trusted.
(d) Mrs. Whittaker sent him to college in another state.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the message behind the poem "Fable"?

2. What is the one "edged" thing in the poem "Midnight"?

3. According to the poem "Wisdom," what is a path to misery?

4. In "De Profundis," what kind of man does the narrator hope to find one day?

5. How long has the Old Gentleman lived with the Bains?

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