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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Herbie react when Hazel begins to drink Scotch?
(a) He does not know since she drinks in secret.
(b) He says that Scotch is not lady-like.
(c) He is happy that she is loosening up.
(d) He is worried that she is drinking too much.

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

3. According to "From a Letter From Lesbia," why should you not take a poet as a lover?
(a) All poets are poor.
(b) They are all too serious.
(c) All of them are strange.
(d) Poets are unreliable.

4. In the story "Lady With a Lamp," how long has Mona been in bed?
(a) Over a month.
(b) Almost three days.
(c) Nearly two weeks.
(d) Almost six weeks.

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

6. What is the message behind the poem "Fable"?
(a) If you lose one love, others will be close behind.
(b) Revenge is never the answer.
(c) Former lovers can never be true friends.
(d) Never give up on a true love.

7. In the poem "The Danger of Writing Defiant Verse," what does the narrator realize about her new lover?
(a) He does not actually exist.
(b) He is silly.
(c) He does not truly love her.
(d) He is cheating on her.

8. Who is Mrs. Hofstadter who lives on Josephine Street?
(a) Horace's former employer.
(b) Horace's first wife.
(c) The woman who places Horace with the narrator.
(d) The woman who leases the bungalow to the narrator and her husband.

9. In "The Little Hours," what time does the narrator wake?
(a) 5:15 am.
(b) 3:30 am.
(c) 4:20 am.
(d) 2:45 am.

10. What disturbing news does the narrator give to Mona?
(a) Garry has moved away to Chicago and does not plan to return.
(b) Mona will never find a man who will want to marry her.
(c) Garry is not out of town, but has been seen around town with another woman.
(d) Mona's doctor has been telling everyone about her "condition."

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

12. According to the poem "Victoria," where is Albert's spirit never seen walking?
(a) Scarsdale.
(b) Virginia.
(c) Eaton.
(d) Scotland.

13. What does the narrator of "Requiescat" pray "will not rise again"?
(a) The moon.
(b) The sun.
(c) The daisies.
(d) Her love.

14. During what year is the story "Just a Little One" set?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1928.

15. What does the narrator wish for the girl in the poem "Story"?
(a) That her mother will wash her mouth out with soap.
(b) That she will find true love.
(c) That her lover will be faithful.
(d) That she will be the first to leave her relationship.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Murdock feel about her dress as she leaves her visit with Miss Noyes and Lily Wynton?

2. According to "Rhyme Against the Living," who is lucky?

3. Hazel Morse prides herself most on what characteristic?

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

5. How long have Mr. and Mrs. Weldon been married in the story "Too Bad"?

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