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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a halcyon sea as used in A Birthday?
(a) A sea filled with whirlpools.
(b) A place which surrounds with peace and happiness.
(c) A sea full of fish.
(d) A place that induces a trance.

2. Where did the poem's speaker and her former lover used to walk in An Apple Gathering?
(a) The apple tree lane.
(b) Her lover's house.
(c) The beach.
(d) The vineyard.

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

4. Who accompanies Gertrude and helps her with her large load of apples in An Apple Gathering?
(a) Willy.
(b) Thierry.
(c) Lilias.
(d) Lilian.

5. What does the speaker command to sing in the third stanza of The First Spring Day?
(a) Spring.
(b) The robin.
(c) The nightingale.
(d) Hope.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker in the first poem entitled Song say ought to be given to those living in their prime?

2. Who is at the resting place of the speaker in Up-Hill?

3. In At Home, what is the topic of conversation for those yet living?

4. What is the present given to the poem's lordly subject by Maude Clare in the poem of the same name?

5. What is placed at the foot of the deceased in the first stanza of An End?

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