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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the young man in "The Waltz" offer to do after the band stops playing?
(a) To walk the young woman home.
(b) To walk the young woman to the bus stop.
(c) To pay the band twenty dollars to play another song.
(d) To help bandage the young woman's shin.

2. Which of the following best describes the way that the young man in "The Waltz" dances?
(a) His movements are stiff, but he tries to excute them precisely.
(b) He has a natural, graceful movement that others admire.
(c) He tries to mimic the popular moves of the day, but fails.
(d) He makes up his own moves, stepping on his partner and kicking her shin.

3. In the poem "The Veteran," how has age changed the narrator's perspective?
(a) He once fought for justice; now justice is ambiguous and fighting is futile.
(b) He believes that the younger generation must defend the old ways.
(c) He used to take many lovers and then leave them behind; now he is lonely.
(d) He used to live from day to day, but now he plans for the future.

4. What advice does the poem "Resume" give?
(a) Never allow a love to destroy you.
(b) Men and women are too different to remain loyal.
(c) Live life the way that the narrator has and be happy.
(d) Suicide is too painful and too much trouble, so choose to live instead.

5. How old is Rose?
(a) Twenty-eight.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Thirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Standard of Living," what is the cost of the necklace in the window?

2. For what trait is Mrs. Martindale known?

3. What figure sits on the mantel in the Bains' living room?

4. In the poem "The Trifler," who would the narrator like to take as a lover?

5. In the poem "Epitaph," how many times does the narrator die?

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