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

2. In At Home, what is the topic of conversation for those yet living?
(a) Tomorrow.
(b) Yesterday.
(c) Sobriety.
(d) The mountains.

3. What does the speaker command to sing in the first stanza of The First Spring Day?
(a) Spring.
(b) Hope.
(c) The robin.
(d) The nightingale.

4. With what did "it" pass away in May?
(a) All great things.
(b) All swift things.
(c) All sweet things.
(d) All small things.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is at the resting place of the speaker in Up-Hill?

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

3. Where does the great lord first see cousin Kate in the poem of the same name?

4. In the first line of Echo, the speaker demands that her auditor come to her in the silence of the what?

5. To what does the speaker lament the giving of the peace of all the days she has to live in the fourth stanza of A Pause of Thought?

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