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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Both dislike the apartment, but they assume that the other likes it.
(d) Mrs. Weldon likes the apartment, but Mr. Weldon dislikes it.

2. Who is Garry McVicker?
(a) A man that the narrator would like Mona to meet.
(b) Mona's servant who is looking after her.
(c) The doctor who performed Mona's "procedure."
(d) The man who left Mona for another woman.

3. 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 Valencia.
(d) In a cafe in Paris.

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

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

6. What kind of horse does the narrator want to get?
(a) A cart horse.
(b) Just a little one.
(c) A black one.
(d) One with a blue eye.

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. According to the poem "Solace," why do people not worry over the broken stem of a rose?
(a) There are many other roses blooming.
(b) Roses do not feed a family.
(c) Roses are not an important flower.
(d) People are too busy to notice.

14. What is the one "edged" thing in the poem "Midnight"?
(a) The cresent moon.
(b) The blades of grass.
(c) The narrator's heart.
(d) The rustling leaves.

15. In "Autumn Valentine" what experience did the narrator have in May?
(a) Death.
(b) A new-found love.
(c) A love for nature.
(d) A broken heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Herbie react when Hazel begins to drink Scotch?

2. During what year is the story "Just a Little One" set?

3. What does the narrator of "Guinevere At Her Fireside" say about the bravest man?

4. What important lesson has "The Little Old Lady in Lavender Silk" learned from life?

5. In "The Little Hours," what time does the narrator wake?

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