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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the speaker of No Thank You, John love John?
(a) Yesterday.
(b) Never.
(c) Last year.
(d) Last month.

2. With what does the speaker watch and wait in the second stanza of A Pause of Thought?
(a) A bottle of gin.
(b) Slothful youth.
(c) A steadfast will.
(d) Despair.

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

4. To what does the speaker compare her heart in the first stanza of A Better Resurrection?
(a) A tree.
(b) A tomb.
(c) An icicle.
(d) A stone.

5. Upon the skirts of whom does the figure in the speaker's dream tread in The Convent Threshold?
(a) Seraphim.
(b) Maidens.
(c) Cherubim.
(d) The Blessed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what does March's "peck of dust" correspond in the third stanza of Winter: My Secret?

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 speaker implore Jesus to do for her in the third stanza of A Better Resurrection?

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