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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to "Salome's Dancing-Lesson," who does not need dance lessons?
(a) A woman who is too old for dancing.
(b) A woman whose body is young and cool.
(c) A woman who dances for a purpose.
(d) A woman who feels the music in her heart.

2. Among the "Tombstones in the Starlight," whom does "The Very Rich Man" now entertain?
(a) The most pathetic spirits.
(b) The most exclusive worms.
(c) His own eternal thoughts.
(d) The poorest of the poor.

3. Who decided that the Old Gentleman should come to live with the Bains?
(a) Mr. Bain.
(b) Mrs. Whittaker.
(c) Mrs. Bain.
(d) The Old Gentleman.

4. How do both Mrs. Weldon and Mr. Weldon feel about their apartment?
(a) Mrs. Weldon likes the apartment, but Mr. Weldon dislikes it.
(b) Both like the apartment, but they assume that the other dislikes it.
(c) Both dislike the apartment, but they assume that the other likes it.
(d) Mr. Weldon likes the apartment, but Mrs. Weldon dislikes it.

5. What surprises the woman at the dinner party about Katherine Burke in the story "Arrangement in Black and White"?
(a) She had never noticed how thick her waist was.
(b) She had never noticed that her skin was dark.
(c) She did not realize how short she was.
(d) She had not known that she wore a wig.

Short Answer Questions

1. Throughout their marriage, how many evenings have the Weldons experienced that are similar to the one described in "Too Bad"?

2. 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?

3. What does the young man offer to go out and get for the girl in the the story "The Sexes"?

4. How much time passes between the time that Horace leaves the narrator's home and the time that he calls the house?

5. Where would the narrator of "Distance" prefer to have her lover?

(see the answer key)

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