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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the eyes of the speaker's lover look in The Convent Threshold?
(a) Earthward.
(b) Nowhere fixed.
(c) Upward.
(d) Internally.

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

3. How will the speaker feel at the end of her journey in Up-Hill?
(a) Rejuvenated.
(b) Strong.
(c) Tired.
(d) Not herself.

4. To what does the speaker lament the giving of the peace of all the days she has to live in the fourth stanza of A Pause of Thought?
(a) An empty love.
(b) An empty name.
(c) An empty man.
(d) An empty suit.

5. Where do the poem's speaker and her unspecified companion sit in An End?
(a) By the grave.
(b) Under a tree.
(c) By the shore.
(d) In their house.

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. Which of the following is the poem's speaker's heart NOT like in A Birthday?

3. What does the speaker implore Jesus to do for her in the first stanza of A Better Resurrection?

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

5. What happens to the golden fruit in summer, as said in the fourth stanza of Winter: My Secret?

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