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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The speaker says in the second stanza of Winter: My Secret that she cannot open to everyone who does what?
(a) Calls.
(b) Taps.
(c) Complains.
(d) Passes by.

2. What are the names of the two girls the speaker of No Thank You, John says would take pity on John?
(a) Faith and Hope.
(b) Maggie and Nell.
(c) Meg and Moll.
(d) Susan and Sarah.

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

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

5. Instead of that for which she would have to wait, the speaker says in the first stanza of Another Spring that she would at once have her chill-veined what?
(a) Snowdrops.
(b) White violets.
(c) Crocuses.
(d) Primrose.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which of the following does the poem's speaker insist the bird should sing in A Summer Wish?

2. What is placed at the foot of the deceased in the first stanza of An End?

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

4. To what is the bride of the poem compared in the first stanza of Maude Clare?

5. At what hour does the sun scorch up the world in Spring?

(see the answer key)

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