View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What sprouts in the lane in Spring?
(a) Roots.
(b) Ferns.
(c) Grass.
(d) Hedges.

3. At what hour does the sun scorch up the world in Spring?
(a) The setting hour.
(b) Noontide.
(c) The dawning hour.
(d) Two in the afternoon.

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

5. Upon what are the eyes of the poem's speaker and unspecified companion fixed in An End?
(a) The clock.
(b) The leaves.
(c) The grass.
(d) The sea.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where do the poem's speaker and her unspecified companion sit in An End?

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

4. What is nursed in its grave by Death in Spring?

5. What is a halcyon sea as used in A Birthday?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 222 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample