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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Summer Wish.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a halcyon sea as used in A Birthday?
(a) A sea filled with whirlpools.
(b) A place that induces a trance.
(c) A sea full of fish.
(d) A place which surrounds with peace and happiness.

2. Of what has the poem's auditor planned in Remember?
(a) His death.
(b) A trip to Italy.
(c) The future.
(d) A book.

3. What does the speaker in the first poem entitled Song say ought to be given to those in the flush of youth?
(a) Violets.
(b) Ivy.
(c) Roses.
(d) Laurels.

4. In After Death, what in the vicinity of the poem's speaker are half drawn?
(a) Comparisons.
(b) Blinds.
(c) Curtains.
(d) Portraits.

5. On the last day of what season does the deceased of An End die?
(a) Spring.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In At Home, what is the topic of conversation for those yet living?

3. How many eyes ought the peacocks have in A Birthday?

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

5. In Dream Land, what bird does the poem's subject hear singing?

(see the answer key)

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