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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 25.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the narrator's intent in the poem "Lullaby"?
(a) Sooth herself over a lost love.
(b) Put a fussy baby to sleep.
(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 does Herbie react when Hazel begins to drink Scotch?
(a) He is worried that she is drinking too much.
(b) He does not know since she drinks in secret.
(c) He is happy that she is loosening up.
(d) He says that Scotch is not lady-like.

4. How much time passes between the time that Horace leaves the narrator's home and the time that he calls the house?
(a) One day.
(b) One week.
(c) Ten minutes.
(d) Two hours.

5. What does Hazel do with Mrs. Martin?
(a) They gossip about their neighbors.
(b) They drink and play cards.
(c) They complain about their husbands.
(d) They go shopping together.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many different women have redecorated Hobie's apartment?

2. About how long has the couple in the train car been married?

3. In the poem "Braggart," why does the narrator claim to be better off than her reader?

4. Why does the narrator in "Thought for a Sunshiny Morning" not mind stepping on a worm?

5. According to "From a Letter From Lesbia," why should you not take a poet as a lover?

(see the answer key)

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