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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 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) Suicide is too painful and too much trouble, so choose to live instead.
(d) Live life the way that the narrator has and be happy.

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

3. How long is Mimi's husband supposed to have for leave in the story "The Lovely Leave"?
(a) Forty-eight hours.
(b) A whole weekend.
(c) Twenty-four hours.
(d) One week.

4. What kind of flowers does the woman at the dinner party have in her hair in the story "Arrangement in Black and White"?
(a) Red silk roses.
(b) Pink velvet poppies.
(c) White daisies.
(d) Live blue orchids.

5. Who is Joe Brooks?
(a) The groom's friend who flirts with the bride's friends.
(b) The best man who is supposed to pick them up at the train station.
(c) The bride's friend who has promised to send a gift when he returns from his business trip.
(d) The bride's old boyfriend who was not invited to the wedding.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the bride accuse the groom of doing while they were standing at the altar?

2. In "Light of Love," which lover knows the narrator best?

3. At the end of the story "Arrangement in Black and White," what detail of the dinner party is the woman eager to share with her husband?

4. In "The White Lady," why does the narrator claim to hate the dead?

5. In the story "Arrangement in Black and White," why is the woman at the dinner party relieved that she did not use the "n-word" in front of Walter Williams?

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