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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has the girl in the short story "The Last Tea" been waiting for the young man?
(a) Five minutes.
(b) Over an hour.
(c) Forty minutes.
(d) Twenty minutes.

2. Why does the narrator refuse to count sheep?
(a) She does not like to count.
(b) She does not want to fall back asleep.
(c) She hates sheep.
(d) Counting sheep is for children.

3. What has become a "bitterness" for the narrator if "Iseult of Brittany"?
(a) Her frail cup.
(b) Her deep pride.
(c) Her lost love.
(d) Her lovely hands.

4. Why does Hazel purchase the bottles of veronal?
(a) To help her deal with the pains in her back.
(b) To help her lose weight.
(c) To help her commit suicide.
(d) To help her sleep at night.

5. Where does the narrator meet the fighters in "Soldiers of the Republic"?
(a) In a deli in Vienna.
(b) In a bar in Sweden.
(c) In a cafe in Paris.
(d) In a cafe in Valencia.

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

7. In the story "Mrs. Hofstadter on Josephine Street," what are the narrator and her husband looking for in a servant?
(a) Someone who is neat and well-dressed.
(b) Someone who perform his duties in quiet.
(c) Someone who will keep them company.
(d) Someone who has experience in entertaining company.

8. What three poets are the subject of "A Pig's-Eye View of Literature"?
(a) William Wordsworth, William Blake, and John Keats.
(b) John Keats, Percy Shelley, and Lord Byron.
(c) John Keats, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Lord Byron.
(d) Dylan Thomas, T.S. Eliot, and Walt Whitman.

9. What gift does the narrator give to the six soldiers as they leave?
(a) A flask of whiskey.
(b) The rest of her pack of cigarettes.
(c) Twenty dollars.
(d) A cigarette lighter.

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

11. Who does the narrator say she thinks she is after three highballs?
(a) St. Francis of Assisi.
(b) Isaac Newton.
(c) Marie Antoinette.
(d) Joan of Arc.

12. What important lesson has "The Little Old Lady in Lavender Silk" learned from life?
(a) Never trust a younger man.
(b) There is nothing more fun than a man.
(c) Always keep company with people of your own social status.
(d) Education is more important than any other pleasure.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to the poem "Solace," why do people not worry over the broken stem of a rose?

4. Why hasn't Garry sent flowers to Mona?

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

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