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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Better Resurrection.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what hour does the sun scorch up the world in Spring?
(a) Noontide.
(b) The setting hour.
(c) The dawning hour.
(d) Two in the afternoon.

2. What does the object in the second stanza of A Pause of Thought do?
(a) Dance about the speaker.
(b) Taunt and tease the speaker.
(c) Flee towards the speaker.
(d) Flee away from the speaker.

3. The speaker's mother was told of the speaker's what in Sister Maude?
(a) Sloth.
(b) Fear.
(c) Child.
(d) Shame.

4. In At Home, what is the topic of conversation for those yet living?
(a) Yesterday.
(b) The mountains.
(c) Sobriety.
(d) Tomorrow.

5. The corpse of the speaker's beloved is worthy of the embrace of whom in Sister Maude?
(a) Love.
(b) A princess.
(c) A queen.
(d) A goddess.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the poem's speaker and her former lover used to walk in An Apple Gathering?

2. Which of the following does the speaker say in the third stanza of A Pause of Thought?

3. Which of the following is the poem's speaker's heart NOT like in A Birthday?

4. What creeps through the lattice near the poem's speaker in After Death?

5. Who accompanies Gertrude and helps her with her large load of apples in An Apple Gathering?

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