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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what exclamation does the poem's speaker respond to her auditor's curiosity in the first stanza of Winter: My Secret?
(a) No!
(b) Bah!
(c) Fie!
(d) Oh!

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

3. What color are the sheets upon which the speaker lays in the third-to-last stanza of The Convent Threshold?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

4. What does the speaker of No Thank You, John offer to John in lieu of love?
(a) Respect.
(b) Enmity.
(c) Money.
(d) Friendship.

5. Upon what does the poem's speaker's head rest in After Death?
(a) The bosom of her lover.
(b) A tree's root.
(c) A mossy rock.
(d) Pillows.

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. Who accompanies Gertrude and helps her with her large load of apples in An Apple Gathering?

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

4. For what purpose does the speaker of A Summer Wish believe the rose is chiefly meant?

5. What does the object in the second stanza of A Pause of Thought do?

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