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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the poem's first (or only) speaker have power in A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break?
(a) On earth.
(b) In the hearts of all.
(c) Only in heaven above.
(d) In earth and heaven above.

2. When did "it" come to pass in May?
(a) Late April.
(b) Early May.
(c) Late May.
(d) Early June.

3. What does the speaker implore Jesus to do for her in the first stanza of A Better Resurrection?
(a) Rise in her.
(b) Drink of her.
(c) Save her.
(d) Quicken her.

4. What does the poem's first (or only) speaker guide towards himself in A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break?
(a) The unseen longings of the soul.
(b) The lonely thrust of the world.
(c) The intellectual thirst of the mind.
(d) The deep yearnings of the heart.

5. What is the first speaker in The Three Enemies doing to the second speaker in each stanza?
(a) Wooing.
(b) Tempting.
(c) Joking.
(d) Cajoling.

6. To what does the speaker compare her heart in the first stanza of A Better Resurrection?
(a) A stone.
(b) A tomb.
(c) A tree.
(d) An icicle.

7. At what time is "she" presented as "exceeding fair" in The World?
(a) Evening.
(b) Day.
(c) Night.
(d) Morning.

8. In the second stanza of The First Spring Day, the speaker says she wonders if this spring-tide will literally bring another what?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Year.
(d) Joy.

9. By what is man "tossed to and fro" in The One Certainty?
(a) Heaven and hell.
(b) Hope and fear.
(c) Life and death.
(d) Death and judgment.

10. What color are the sheets upon which the speaker lays in the third-to-last stanza of The Convent Threshold?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

11. How far does the road wind uphill in the poem of the same name?
(a) Not at all.
(b) Most of the way.
(c) All the way.
(d) Halfway.

12. What does sister Maude lurk to do in the first stanza of Sister Maude?
(a) Hide and lie.
(b) Snicker and sneer.
(c) Spy and peer.
(d) Totter and leer.

13. At what place can the speaker rest at night in Up-Hill?
(a) A mansion.
(b) A house.
(c) Under the stars.
(d) An inn.

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

15. With what must Spring dawn again, in the third stanza of The First Spring Day?
(a) Warmth and bloom.
(b) A bright new sun.
(c) Warming drops of dew.
(d) Cloudy skies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker command to sing in the third stanza of The First Spring Day?

2. Of which of the following is man NOT compared to in his being "tossed to and fro" in The One Certainty?

3. To what does the poem's speaker implore her lover in The Convent Threshold?

4. The fourth stanza of Sister Maude says that the speaker's father may rest where?

5. Into which color do all colors turn in Sweet Death?

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