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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem "Hearthside," what does the narrator dream of?
(a) Visiting far-away places.
(b) Returning to the warm of home.
(c) A time when all the world is at peace.
(d) Children who have gone away.

2. Who does the narrator repeatedly address throughout the story "A Telephone Call"?
(a) God.
(b) Her boyfriend.
(c) Her best friend.
(d) Her mother.

3. What does the young man in "The Waltz" offer to do after the band stops playing?
(a) To walk the young woman to the bus stop.
(b) To pay the band twenty dollars to play another song.
(c) To walk the young woman home.
(d) To help bandage the young woman's shin.

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

5. How does the young man in "The Sexes" convince the girl that he is not interested in Florence Leaming?
(a) He tells her that Florence Leaming is engaged to be married.
(b) He compliments the girl's physical appearance.
(c) He promises to never see Florence Leaming again.
(d) He offers to marry her.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "De Profundis," what kind of man does the narrator hope to find one day?

2. Who decided that the Old Gentleman should come to live with the Bains?

3. What surprises the woman at the dinner party about Katherine Burke in the story "Arrangement in Black and White"?

4. What is the girl examining at the beginning of the story "The Sexes"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the poems "Somebody's Song," "Unfortunate Coincidence," and "Comment" similar?

2. Why is Mimi upset by her husband's compliment about her black dress in "The Lovely Leave"?

3. In "The Standard of Living," how are Midge and Annabel affected by the news of the actual price of the necklace in the shop window?

4. What message is sent by the poem "Now At Liberty"?

5. What does the short story "The Sexes" reveal about the relationship between the young man and the girl he is dating?

6. Explain the irony in the poem "The False Friends."

7. What message about love is conveyed by the poem "A Very Short Song"?

8. What is the cause of the underlying tension between the young bride and the groom in "Here We Are"?

9. What is ironic about Mrs. Martindale's volunteer efforts in the short story, "Song of the Shirt, 1941"?

10. In the story "Dusk Before Fireworks," why does Kit try to pretend that she is not bothered by the attention that other women pay to Hobie?

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