The Portable Dorothy Parker Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

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The Portable Dorothy Parker Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

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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) Talking on the phone is not ladylike.
(b) Men are much busier than women and do not like to be disturbed.
(c) When you call, they know you like them, and then they no longer like you.
(d) A woman's voice over the phone is not nearly as seductive as in person.

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

3. What "gift" does the narrator of "I Know I Have Been Happiest" offer to her former lover?
(a) Her death.
(b) Her verse.
(c) Her absence.
(d) Her fidelity.

4. What is Walter Williams' profession?
(a) He is a painter.
(b) He is an actor.
(c) He is a trumpet player.
(d) He is a singer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Rose?

2. What does the girl in "The Last Tea" think about girls who drink alcohol.

3. What is the girl examining at the beginning of the story "The Sexes"?

4. What did Mrs. Martindale have the jeweler make out of the various gems that she gathered?

5. Who invented the rules for the game that Annabel and Midge play?

(see the answer key)

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