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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 does the man in After Death who leans over the poem's speaker do after moving away from her?
(a) Laugh senselessly.
(b) Weep quietly.
(c) Sing a hymn.
(d) Sob uncontrollably.

2. Like what flower does one of the women singing of love bloom like in A Triad?
(a) A tulip.
(b) A gardenia.
(c) A hyacinth.
(d) A rose.

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

4. What does the speaker in the first poem entitled Song say ought to be placed on the grave of those who died in their youth?
(a) Violets.
(b) Laurels.
(c) Roses.
(d) Bay.

5. In the final stanza of A Summer Wish, where are the birds said to take their night rest?
(a) In the trees.
(b) In their freedom.
(c) In the dew.
(d) In their nests.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the great lord first see cousin Kate in the poem of the same name?

2. What must ascend in order for shoots to be put forth in Spring?

3. In At Home, of what was the speaker in comparison to the conversation of those yet living?

4. What is vair as used in A Birthday?

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

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