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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the final stanza of A Summer Wish, where are the birds said to rejoice?
(a) In the sun.
(b) In the trees.
(c) In the stream.
(d) In the wind.

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?
(a) An empty man.
(b) An empty name.
(c) An empty suit.
(d) An empty love.

3. To what does the speaker compare her heart in the first stanza of A Better Resurrection?
(a) A tomb.
(b) An icicle.
(c) A stone.
(d) A tree.

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

5. At what hour do the lives of those yet living stand full in At Home?
(a) Dusk.
(b) Noon.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Dawn.

Short Answer Questions

1. The speaker says in the second stanza of Winter: My Secret that she cannot open to everyone who does what?

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

3. Upon what does the poem's speaker's head rest in After Death?

4. What lyrical form of poem is Remember?

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

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