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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What message does the poem "Men" convey?
(a) Men try to understand women, but they never will.
(b) Men may drive women crazy, but they still need each other.
(c) Men are only interested in a woman's outward appearance.
(d) Men will claim to love a woman as she is, but then try to change her.

2. In "The White Lady," why does the narrator claim to hate the dead?
(a) She is jealous because they are "pompous" and well-behaved.
(b) Other people only speak kindly of the dead.
(c) They frighten her.
(d) She does not want to become one of them.

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

4. What is the narrator's intent in the poem "Lullaby"?
(a) Make a pretty woman fall asleep so that she can get the men herself.
(b) Put a fussy baby to sleep.
(c) Quiet her lover so he will not ask about her betrayals.
(d) Sooth herself over a lost love.

5. At the end of the story "Arrangement in Black and White," what detail of the dinner party is the woman eager to share with her husband?
(a) That she called Walter Williams "Mister."
(b) That she got to meet the singer Walter Williams.
(c) That she got to meet Katherine Burke.
(d) That the party host was rude to her.

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

7. In "The New Love," how does the narrator regard her new lover?
(a) She appreciates that he is easily manipulated.
(b) She does not care whether he stays or goes.
(c) She is consumed by love for him.
(d) She thinks he is superior to her last lover.

8. In "Social Note," what advice does the narrator give to women who are seduced by "discreet" men?
(a) Run.
(b) Be discreet as well.
(c) Tell everyone.
(d) Consider yourself lucky.

9. How does the woman in "The Waltz" respond to the young man who asks her to dance?
(a) She turns him down and then laughs about him after he leaves.
(b) She politely refuses and waits for another man to ask.
(c) She pretends that she is waiting for someone.
(d) She accepts, but then mentally complains the whole time.

10. In the poem "The Veteran," how has age changed the narrator's perspective?
(a) He used to live from day to day, but now he plans for the future.
(b) He used to take many lovers and then leave them behind; now he is lonely.
(c) He believes that the younger generation must defend the old ways.
(d) He once fought for justice; now justice is ambiguous and fighting is futile.

11. About how long has the couple in the train car been married?
(a) About three hours.
(b) About twelve days.
(c) About three days.
(d) About twelve hours.

12. How does Mr. Durant plan to get rid of the stray dog?
(a) He is going to put it outside after the kids go to sleep and tell them it ran away.
(b) He will drive it far away and drop it off in the middle of nowhere.
(c) After the children go to sleep, he is going to take it to the animal shelter.
(d) He will sneak it away to a man who will "dispose" of it for him.

13. Who is the one woman who hates Hobie?
(a) His ex-wife.
(b) His sister.
(c) His mother.
(d) His daughter.

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

15. What is the "rotten news" that Mimi's husband brings with him?
(a) His leave has been canceled, and he must be on the next train.
(b) He forgot all of his luggage at the train station.
(c) He has been discharged by the Air Force.
(d) He wants to divorce her.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mrs. Whittaker, why has the Old Gentleman left all of his money to her?

2. How long is Mimi's husband supposed to have for leave in the story "The Lovely Leave"?

3. Why has the Bains' son, Paul, been sent away?

4. In "The Leal," on what can the narrator rely?

5. Where is the newlywed couple going for their honeymoon?

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