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

2. What might the poem's speaker have been instead of an "unclean thing" in Cousin Kate?
(a) A lover.
(b) A wife.
(c) A dove.
(d) A virgin.

3. If the speaker of the poem could see another Spring, what would she not plant, as described in the first stanza of Another Spring?
(a) Crops to harvest.
(b) Summer flowers.
(c) The seeds of love.
(d) Another tree.

4. In At Home, of what was the speaker in comparison to the conversation of those yet living?
(a) Inebriation.
(b) The sea.
(c) Tomorrow.
(d) Yesterday.

5. To what does the poem's speaker implore her lover in The Convent Threshold?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Repentance.
(c) Child-rearing.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Towards the end of the poem, the speaker of No Thank You, John tells John to rise above which of the following?

2. 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?

3. By what does the auditor of the poem regularly hold the speaker in Remember?

4. For what purpose does the speaker of A Summer Wish believe the rose is chiefly meant?

5. What adjective is used to describe today in the final stanza of Another Spring?

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