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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Maude Clare.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what does the auditor of the poem regularly hold the speaker in Remember?
(a) The tone of his voice.
(b) The hand.
(c) The depth of his eyes.
(d) The arm.

2. What sprouts in the lane in Spring?
(a) Hedges.
(b) Roots.
(c) Ferns.
(d) Grass.

3. For what purpose does the speaker of A Summer Wish believe the rose is chiefly meant?
(a) To prick the unwary.
(b) To be fragrant.
(c) To woo hearts.
(d) To give delight.

4. What phrase is uttered by the man who leans over the poem's speaker in After Death?
(a) "Poor child, poor child."
(b) "Alas, my love is gone."
(c) "Death has done us part."
(d) "Why will you not wake?"

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Maude Clare, in the poem of the same name, wash her hands?

2. Where did the poem's speaker and her former lover used to walk in An Apple Gathering?

3. What emotion does the man in After Death feel for the poem's speaker in the latter's posthumous condition?

4. What does the speaker in the first poem entitled Song say ought to be given to those living in their prime?

5. In the final stanza of A Summer Wish, where are the birds said to take their night rest?

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