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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What potentially causes the May flowers to wither in Winter: My Secret?
(a) A lack of rain.
(b) Heavy snow.
(c) Too little sun.
(d) A frost.

2. On what sort of day did "it" come to pass in May?
(a) A wet and chill day.
(b) A bright and balmy day.
(c) A dark and cloudy day.
(d) A bright and breezy day.

3. Where do the eyes of the speaker's lover look in The Convent Threshold?
(a) Upward.
(b) Internally.
(c) Earthward.
(d) Nowhere fixed.

4. What happens to the sweetest blossoms in Sweet Death?
(a) They blow.
(b) They continue to grow.
(c) They die.
(d) They bloom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By what is man "tossed to and fro" in The One Certainty?

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. In At Home, what is the topic of conversation for those yet living?

4. Who is said to be dead in the first stanza in An End?

5. In the final stanza of Echo, the speaker's life is described as being cold in what?

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