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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Convent Threshold.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What creeps through the lattice near the poem's speaker in After Death?
(a) Ivy shadows.
(b) Fingers.
(c) Centipedes.
(d) Whispers.

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

3. Upon the skirts of whom does the figure in the speaker's dream tread in The Convent Threshold?
(a) Seraphim.
(b) The Blessed.
(c) Maidens.
(d) Cherubim.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What potentially causes the May flowers to wither in Winter: My Secret?

3. What does the man in After Death who leans over the poem's speaker do after moving away from her?

4. The speaker says in the second stanza of Winter: My Secret that she cannot open to everyone who does what?

5. What color is the hair of the speaker when she awakes from her dreams in the next-to-last stanza of The Convent Threshold?

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