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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 26-32.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Light of Love," which lover knows the narrator best?
(a) Joy.
(b) Pride.
(c) Death.
(d) Sorrow.

2. How long does Mimi have to prepare for her husband's leave?
(a) Forty-eight hours.
(b) A week.
(c) Twenty-four hours.
(d) A whole weekend.

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

4. According to the poem "Fighting Words," what would cause the narrator to desert her lover?
(a) If he criticizes her poetry.
(b) If he admires another woman.
(c) If he mocks her for being too fond of him.
(d) If he accuses her of being sullen.

5. How long has the Old Gentleman lived with the Bains?
(a) For almost ten years.
(b) For about five years.
(c) Almost eight years.
(d) For about five months.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Midge change the rules of their game at the end of "The Standard of Living"?

3. What does Hobie do after Kit leaves?

4. Why does the narrator of "Sentiment" close her eyes as the taxi drives down Sixty-Fifth Street?

5. How does the young man in "The Sexes" convince the girl that he is not interested in Florence Leaming?

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