1 Fill in the blank: "Rubber breasts or a _____ crotch" Plastic Wooden Rubber Vinyl 2 Which character does not appear in the poem? The interviewer The priest The applicant The woman 3 What is meant by the word "poultice?" A love potion A textbook or encyclopedia An object used to soothe injuries A type of concrete popular for midcentury homes 4 Which of the following is NOT true about this poem? It argues that women generally have an easy time in marriage It proposes that the marriage process commodifies women It claims that wives are expected to do a great deal of difficult work It suggests that men are sheltered and unhappy in marriage 5 Fill in the blank: "How can we give you a _____? Stop crying." Thing Wife Prize Chance 6 In general, what effect does figurative language have in this poem? It dehumanizes the people referred to through comparisons to objects It alerts us to the interviewer's imagination, hinting that he isn't suited to corporate work It advances the idea that all people and things are connected in a critique of monogamy It recalls unexpected settings, telling us that the applicant's mind is elsewhere 7 Why does the interviewer ask the applicant whether something is "missing"? He is only willing to accept perfect applicants who lack nothing He believes that the wife's role is to compensate for anything the applicant lacks He has noticed that the applicant is upset and is searching for the reason He knows that the applicant is "missing" things, but wants the applicant to confess first 8 Fill in the blank: "To bring _____ and roll away headaches" Laughter Dinner Children Teacups 9 How are new wives made, according to the interviewer? By reusing material from the old ones By growing them in a greenhouse Through byproducts of husbands' bodies By transforming animals into women 10 What do prosthetics symbolize? Unmet male needs Artificiality under consumerism Wartime trauma The social safety net 11 Fill in the blank: "To thumb shut your eyes at the _____" Last Close End Night 12 What does the suit symbolize? Workplace norms Men and masculinity The changing class system Luxury 13 What is the primary effect of the poem's interview setting? It makes real-life marriage and romance feel calm and pleasant by comparison It mimics the fast-paced excitement of the urban corporate world It stresses the essential similarity between domestic and commercial life It allows the reader to fully hear both the interview questions and the applicant's answers 14 Which of these real-life historical developments is Plath likely responding to? The post-World War II backlash against changing gender norms The Victorian development of "separate spheres" for men and women The late-twentieth century expectation of women's corporate succes The medieval tradition of early engagements for very young nobles 15 Fill in the blank: "It is waterproof, _____" Shatterproof Childproof Fireproof Heatproof 16 What is the speaker's likely identity? A parent or grandparent A teacher or professor A priest or minister A salesperson or businessperson 17 How many stanzas are in this poem? 8 2 3 4 18 Fill in the blank: "Naked as _____ to start" Thin air Dirt Sin Paper 19 What type of stanzas make up this poem? Tercets Quintains Octaves Quatrains 20 What is the poem's meter? Anapestic trimeter It is free-verse Trochaic hexameter Iambic pentameter 21 Fill in the blank: "It can _____, _____, _____." Dance, dance, dance Pose, pose, pose Clean, clean, clean Talk, talk, talk 22 What is the poem's rhyme scheme? ABB CDD ACCA ABBA ABAB ABAB ABAB It has no regular rhyme scheme ABBA ABBA CDCCDC 23 What does Plath allude to with the phrase "But in twenty-five years she'll be silver, / In fifty, gold." A popular 1950s love song Traditional wedding anniversary gifts The story of Adam and Eve Shakespeare's "The Tempest" 24 Which of the following is NOT used as a metaphor or simile for the wife? A hand A needle A doll A poultice 25 Fill in the blank: "You have an eye, it's _____." Sunglasses An eyelash A color An image
