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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sister Maude.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of the birds have foregone their mates at the passing of "it" in May?
(a) Some.
(b) All.
(c) Most.
(d) None.

2. To what does the speaker lament the giving of the peace of all the days she has to live in the fourth stanza of A Pause of Thought?
(a) An empty suit.
(b) An empty name.
(c) An empty love.
(d) An empty man.

3. In After Death, what in the vicinity of the poem's speaker are half drawn?
(a) Portraits.
(b) Curtains.
(c) Comparisons.
(d) Blinds.

4. To what does March's "peck of dust" correspond in the third stanza of Winter: My Secret?
(a) The falling of pollen.
(b) A dust storm.
(c) A light snowfall.
(d) Spring cleaning.

5. Which of the following does the speaker say in the third stanza of A Pause of Thought?
(a) "This thing shall be again."
(b) "This thing shalln't be 'gain."
(c) "This thing shall be forevermore."
(d) "This thing shall be no more."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many eyes ought the peacocks have in A Birthday?

3. At what time does the rose drop down its dew in A Summer Wish?

4. What adjective is used to describe today in the final stanza of Another Spring?

5. What is vair as used in A Birthday?

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