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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the speaker of No Thank You, John say the wanness of John's face shows?
(a) An hour-old ghost.
(b) An unacceptable pridefulness.
(c) A cold heart.
(d) A sincerity of feeling.

2. What does the poem's speaker do in the final stanza in An Apple Gathering?
(a) Sing.
(b) Hasten home.
(c) Loiter.
(d) Weep.

3. How far does the road wind uphill in the poem of the same name?
(a) Not at all.
(b) Halfway.
(c) Most of the way.
(d) All the way.

4. In what multi part fruit should the dais be carved in A Birthday?
(a) Grapes.
(b) Grapefruit.
(c) Apples.
(d) Pomegranates.

5. What makes the speaker's heart sick in truth in the first stanza of A Pause of Thought?
(a) Hope deferred.
(b) Pride injured.
(c) Love demurred.
(d) Beauty obscured.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the birds have foregone their mates at the passing of "it" in May?

2. In Goblin Market, what is the name of Laura's sister?

3. What lyrical form of poem is Remember?

4. With what exclamation does the poem's speaker respond to her auditor's curiosity in the first stanza of Winter: My Secret?

5. In Dream Land, towards what direction does the poem's subject face?

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