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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Better Resurrection.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the final stanza of A Summer Wish, where are the birds said to take their night rest?
(a) In their freedom.
(b) In the dew.
(c) In their nests.
(d) In the trees.

2. What emotion does the man in After Death feel for the poem's speaker in the latter's posthumous condition?
(a) Pity.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Love.
(d) Hatred.

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

4. How many beds will there be at the resting place in Up-Hill?
(a) Only a few.
(b) An infinite amount.
(c) Just one.
(d) Enough for everyone.

5. The body beloved of the speaker now lies, as said in the second stanza of Sister Maude, cold as what?
(a) Stone.
(b) Death.
(c) Faith.
(d) Ice.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time does the rose drop down its dew in A Summer Wish?

2. At what place can the speaker rest at night in Up-Hill?

3. Upon the skirts of whom does the figure in the speaker's dream tread in The Convent Threshold?

4. What makes the speaker's heart sick in truth in the first stanza of A Pause of Thought?

5. How many Johns would the speaker of No Thank You, John rather say "no" to than say yes to her auditor?

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