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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sweet Death.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what do all things end in The One Certainty?
(a) The blissful joy of paradise.
(b) The eternal pain of hell.
(c) The long dust of death.
(d) The sorrowful wails of the unloved.

2. 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) Meg and Moll.
(c) Maggie and Nell.
(d) Faith and Hope.

3. Into what land does the poem's speaker say she will go in Remember?
(a) The shadow land.
(b) The silent land.
(c) The land of whispers.
(d) Sweden.

4. With what must Spring dawn again, in the third stanza of The First Spring Day?
(a) Warmth and bloom.
(b) Warming drops of dew.
(c) A bright new sun.
(d) Cloudy skies.

5. At what place can the speaker rest at night in Up-Hill?
(a) An inn.
(b) A mansion.
(c) A house.
(d) Under the stars.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Johns would the speaker of No Thank You, John rather say "no" to than say yes to her auditor?

2. To what is the bride of the poem compared in the first stanza of Maude Clare?

3. On what sort of day did "it" come to pass in May?

4. With what did "it" pass away in May?

5. In Dream Land, what bird does the poem's subject hear singing?

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