View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the girl in "A Telephone Call," why should a woman not keep calling a man on the phone?
(a) A woman's voice over the phone is not nearly as seductive as in person.
(b) When you call, they know you like them, and then they no longer like you.
(c) Talking on the phone is not ladylike.
(d) Men are much busier than women and do not like to be disturbed.

2. According to the poem "Wisdom," what is a path to misery?
(a) Honesty.
(b) Love.
(c) Pride.
(d) Infidelity.

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

4. What does Hobie do after Kit leaves?
(a) He calls down to her from his window to apologize.
(b) He turns out all of his lights and pretends that he is not at home.
(c) He calls up another girl and arranges a date.
(d) He sinks into the sofa and cries.

5. Who does the narrator repeatedly address throughout the story "A Telephone Call"?
(a) Her best friend.
(b) Her boyfriend.
(c) Her mother.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what story does "The Maid-Servant at the Inn" allude?

3. What secret does the narrator in "Second Love" keep from her lover?

4. According to the poem "Reuben's Children" what sort of people are cursed?

5. What is the narrator's dilemma in the poem "Dilemma"?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 362 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample