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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. In the second stanza of Another Spring, the speaker says she would listen to the daylight _____________.
(a) Sounds.
(b) Animals.
(c) Birds.
(d) Winds.

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

3. To what is the bride of the poem compared in the first stanza of Maude Clare?
(a) A queen.
(b) A village maid.
(c) A matron.
(d) A hawk.

4. What is placed at the foot of the deceased in the first stanza of An End?
(a) A tear.
(b) A poem.
(c) A stone.
(d) A rose.

5. In Goblin Market, what location of significance will not grow grass?
(a) Jeanie's grave.
(b) The goblin glen.
(c) The market.
(d) Lizzie's yard.

Short Answer Questions

1. How will the speaker feel at the end of her journey in Up-Hill?

2. In the final stanza of A Summer Wish, where are the birds said to rejoice?

3. What does the speaker command to sing in the second stanza of The First Spring Day?

4. What does the poem's speaker do with the blossoms she picks from her apple tree in An Apple Gathering?

5. 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?

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