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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What message does the poem "Men" convey?
(a) Men are only interested in a woman's outward appearance.
(b) Men may drive women crazy, but they still need each other.
(c) Men try to understand women, but they never will.
(d) Men will claim to love a woman as she is, but then try to change her.

2. What is the narrator's intent in the poem "Lullaby"?
(a) Put a fussy baby to sleep.
(b) Sooth herself over a lost love.
(c) Quiet her lover so he will not ask about her betrayals.
(d) Make a pretty woman fall asleep so that she can get the men herself.

3. How long have Mr. and Mrs. Bain lived in their home?
(a) Fifteen years.
(b) Twenty-two years.
(c) Almost five years.
(d) Twenty-eight years.

4. In "The Leal," on what can the narrator rely?
(a) She has been true to herself even if she has offended some people.
(b) Her true friends will always be by her side.
(c) Her art will always be good company.
(d) Her enemies will be faithful to her until the day she dies.

5. In "The Standard of Living," what are Annabel's and Midge's occupations?
(a) They are both nurses.
(b) Annabel is a nurse and Midge is a housewife.
(c) Annabel is a teacher and Midge is a secretary.
(d) They are both stenographers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises the woman at the dinner party about Katherine Burke in the story "Arrangement in Black and White"?

2. What is Mimi's husband most looking forward to during his short visit with her?

3. In the poem "False Friends," during what month does the narrator's heart heal?

4. What advice does the poem "Resume" give?

5. What "gift" does the narrator of "I Know I Have Been Happiest" offer to her former lover?

(see the answer key)

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