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

2. How much time passes between the time that Horace leaves the narrator's home and the time that he calls the house?
(a) Ten minutes.
(b) Two hours.
(c) One day.
(d) One week.

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

4. According to the poem "Reuben's Children" what sort of people are cursed?
(a) People who look for monogamy by sleeping with many partners.
(b) People who criticize those who are happy with their lives.
(c) People who are not true to their own selves.
(d) People who cheat on their lovers.

5. What emotion does the narrator of "Temps Perdu" feel when she sees a laurel tree in May?
(a) Joy.
(b) Hope.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what occasion does the hag visit the narrator in the poem "Godmother"?

2. What sight causes Hazel to lose her high spirits as she is on her way to meet Art?

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

4. According to the poem "Wisdom," what is a path to misery?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Compare the poems "Surprise," "On Being A Woman," and "Second Love." What do they have in common?

2. What is the cause of Mr. and Mrs. Weldon's divorce in the short story "Too Bad"?

3. In the short story "The Last Tea," why does the girl brag about the evening that she had the night before?

4. Explain the allusions in the poem "Prayer for a New Mother."

5. Explain the irony in "Ninon de Lenclos, On Her Last Birthday."

6. In "Mrs. Hofstadter on Josephine Street," how is Horace the exact opposite of what the narrator and her husband are looking for?

7. Describe the narrator's tone in the story "Just a Little One."

8. Explain the allusions in the poem "Guinevere At Her Fireside."

9. How does the resolution of "Big Blonde" illustrate that Hazel's troubles are recurrent cycle?

10. How does Hazel Morse lose her own identity in her efforts to please others in the short story "Big Blonde"?

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