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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal is described in the poem "Parable for a Certain Virgin"?
(a) A horse.
(b) A weasel.
(c) A porcupine.
(d) A sparrow.

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

3. Why does the narrator in "Thought for a Sunshiny Morning" not mind stepping on a worm?
(a) She knows that worms will devour her when she is dead.
(b) Thousands more live beneath the earth.
(c) She sees no purpose in their existence.
(d) The worm's body will feed the earth.

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

5. According to "Ballade of Unfortunate Mammals," how are women and elephants alike?
(a) They never forget.
(b) They are trusting.
(c) They are faithful.
(d) They always agree.

6. On what occasion does the hag visit the narrator in the poem "Godmother"?
(a) On the narrator's first birthday.
(b) On the narrator's christening.
(c) On the day the narrator is born.
(d) On the day the narrator's first child is born.

7. In "The Willow," during what month is the earth "sweet" and "young."
(a) April.
(b) May.
(c) June.
(d) March.

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

9. Why hasn't Garry sent flowers to Mona?
(a) He is angry with Mona.
(b) Mona keeps sending the flowers back.
(c) He does not even know that she is sick.
(d) He knows that Mona does not like flowers.

10. What excuse does the narrator suggest would have been better to explain Mona's "illness"?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) A broken heart.
(c) A nervous condition.
(d) Influenza or ptomaine poisoning.

11. To what story does "The Maid-Servant at the Inn" allude?
(a) The birth of Jesus.
(b) The Odyssey.
(c) Romeo and Juliet.
(d) Pilgrim's Progress.

12. According to the narrator, what does Edith look like?
(a) Something that would eat her young.
(b) Something that should be kept in a cage.
(c) Something that should be pulling a cart.
(d) Something that crawled out of the alley.

13. What does Mona say is wrong with her?
(a) She has a broken heart.
(b) She has ptomaine poisoning.
(c) She has influenza.
(d) It is just her nerves.

14. What does the narrator of "Guinevere At Her Fireside" say about the bravest man?
(a) He cannot be trusted.
(b) He makes a noble king.
(c) He is cunning warrior.
(d) He has the littlest brains.

15. How does Mrs. Murdock feel about her dress as she leaves her visit with Miss Noyes and Lily Wynton?
(a) She is embarrassed by the plain style and color.
(b) The dress makes her feel like an actress on stage.
(c) She wants to alter it to look more like Lily Wynton's dress.
(d) She feels a tenderness toward her clothes because they are her own.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do both Mrs. Weldon and Mr. Weldon feel about their apartment?

2. To what does the narrator compare the lighting in the speakeasy?

3. Who does the narrator say she thinks she is after three highballs?

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

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

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