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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through An End.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose wings does God guide in Spring?
(a) The cleft swallows'.
(b) The bright-eyed eagles'.
(c) The vibrant cardinals'.
(d) The dipping martins'.

2. What is vair as used in A Birthday?
(a) A kind of tapestry.
(b) A kind of silk.
(c) A kind of fur.
(d) A kind of perfume.

3. In what metal ought the fleurs-de-lys be worked in A Birthday?
(a) Copper.
(b) Gold.
(c) Silver.
(d) Bronze.

4. On the last day of what season does the deceased of An End die?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

5. What phrase is uttered by the man who leans over the poem's speaker in After Death?
(a) "Why will you not wake?"
(b) "Death has done us part."
(c) "Poor child, poor child."
(d) "Alas, my love is gone."

Short Answer Questions

1. At what hour does the sun scorch up the world in Spring?

2. In what multi part fruit should the dais be carved in A Birthday?

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

4. At what hour do the lives of those yet living stand full in At Home?

5. What emotion does the man in After Death feel for the poem's speaker in the latter's posthumous condition?

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