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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what purpose does the speaker of A Summer Wish believe the rose is chiefly meant?
(a) To be fragrant.
(b) To prick the unwary.
(c) To woo hearts.
(d) To give delight.

2. Which of the following is the poem's speaker's heart NOT like in A Birthday?
(a) A singing bird.
(b) An apple tree.
(c) A glowing smile.
(d) A rainbow shell.

3. What does the speaker implore Jesus to do for her in the third stanza of A Better Resurrection?
(a) Rise in her.
(b) Save her.
(c) Drink of her.
(d) Quicken her.

4. What color blossoms does the poem's speaker pick from her apple tree in An Apple Gathering?
(a) Green.
(b) Pink.
(c) Red.
(d) Orange.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was the deceased of An End born?

3. In A Summer Wish, the poem's speaker wishes she could bloom her hour as a rose in spite of what?

4. What color are the sheets upon which the speaker lays in the third-to-last stanza of The Convent Threshold?

5. How will the speaker feel at the end of her journey in Up-Hill?

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