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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is placed at the foot of the deceased in the first stanza of An End?
(a) A stone.
(b) A poem.
(c) A tear.
(d) A rose.

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

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

4. Who is said to be dead in the first stanza in An End?
(a) Death.
(b) The speaker.
(c) The auditor.
(d) Love.

5. What is the last word of Spring?
(a) Die.
(b) Spring.
(c) Live.
(d) Life.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is vair as used in A Birthday?

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

5. What phrase is uttered by the man who leans over the poem's speaker in After Death?

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