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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. To what does March's "peck of dust" correspond in the third stanza of Winter: My Secret?
(a) Spring cleaning.
(b) A dust storm.
(c) A light snowfall.
(d) The falling of pollen.

2. What do the poem's speaker's neighbors do when they see her pass empty-handed in An Apple Gathering?
(a) Spit upon her.
(b) Sympathize with her.
(c) Mock her.
(d) Share their apples with her.

3. In what is cousin Kate's love writ in the poem of the same name?
(a) Ice.
(b) Truth.
(c) Sand.
(d) Stone.

4. What do the neighbors call the poem's speaker in the 4th stanza of Cousin Kate?
(a) An outcast thing.
(b) A harlot.
(c) Good and pure.
(d) A dove.

5. To which of the following does the poem's speaker insist the bird should sing in A Summer Wish?
(a) The sun.
(b) The passing cloud.
(c) The sweet summer air.
(d) The butterfly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long will the journey on the road take in Up-Hill?

2. The corpse of the speaker's beloved is worthy of the embrace of whom in Sister Maude?

3. What does sister Maude lurk to do in the first stanza of Sister Maude?

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

5. What does the poem's first (or only) speaker guide towards himself in A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break?

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