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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. At what hour does the sun scorch up the world in Spring?
(a) Noontide.
(b) The dawning hour.
(c) The setting hour.
(d) Two in the afternoon.

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

3. In what line does the poem turn from an exposition to a resolution in Remember?
(a) The 13th line.
(b) The 4th line.
(c) The 9th line.
(d) The 7th line.

4. Like what flower does one of the women singing of love bloom like in A Triad?
(a) A gardenia.
(b) A tulip.
(c) A hyacinth.
(d) A rose.

5. Upon what does the poem's speaker's head rest in After Death?
(a) The bosom of her lover.
(b) Pillows.
(c) A tree's root.
(d) A mossy rock.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the golden fruit in summer, as said in the fourth stanza of Winter: My Secret?

2. 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?

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

4. At what time does the rose drop down its dew in A Summer Wish?

5. What does the poem's speaker have that cousin Kate does not in the poem of the same name?

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