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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what hour do the lives of those yet living stand full in At Home?
(a) Noon.
(b) Dawn.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Dusk.

2. Who is said to be dead in the first stanza in An End?
(a) Love.
(b) Death.
(c) The auditor.
(d) The speaker.

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

4. Where do the poem's speaker and her unspecified companion sit in An End?
(a) By the grave.
(b) In their house.
(c) Under a tree.
(d) By the shore.

5. What is vair as used in A Birthday?
(a) A kind of tapestry.
(b) A kind of fur.
(c) A kind of perfume.
(d) A kind of silk.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. On the last day of what season does the deceased of An End die?

5. What lyrical form of poem is Remember?

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