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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through After Death.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the great lord first see cousin Kate in the poem of the same name?
(a) At her father's gate.
(b) At her grandfather's estate.
(c) At her coming out ball.
(d) At the local market.

2. How many eyes ought the peacocks have in A Birthday?
(a) Eight.
(b) Two thousand.
(c) Two.
(d) One hundred.

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

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

5. What must ascend in order for shoots to be put forth in Spring?
(a) Water.
(b) Light.
(c) Roots.
(d) Sap.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does the great lord fill the poem's speaker's heart in the first stanza of Cousin Kate?

2. What is nursed in its grave by Death in Spring?

3. In what is cousin Kate's love writ in the poem of the same name?

4. What phrase is uttered by the man who leans over the poem's speaker in After Death?

5. In After Death, what in the vicinity of the poem's speaker are half drawn?

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