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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the last day of what season does the deceased of An End die?
(a) Winter.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

2. What phrase is uttered by the man who leans over the poem's speaker in After Death?
(a) "Why will you not wake?"
(b) "Death has done us part."
(c) "Alas, my love is gone."
(d) "Poor child, poor child."

3. In the final stanza of A Summer Wish, where are the birds said to take their night rest?
(a) In their freedom.
(b) In the dew.
(c) In the trees.
(d) In their nests.

4. What does the poem's speaker do in the final stanza in An Apple Gathering?
(a) Loiter.
(b) Sing.
(c) Weep.
(d) Hasten home.

5. What is the name of Maude Clare's male subject?
(a) Dorian.
(b) Gabriel.
(c) Timothy.
(d) Thomas.

6. What lyrical form of poem is Remember?
(a) An ode.
(b) A villanelle.
(c) A sonnet.
(d) A limerick.

7. In what multi part fruit should the dais be carved in A Birthday?
(a) Grapes.
(b) Grapefruit.
(c) Apples.
(d) Pomegranates.

8. What is placed at the foot of the deceased in the first stanza of An End?
(a) A poem.
(b) A stone.
(c) A tear.
(d) A rose.

9. What is nursed in its grave by Death in Spring?
(a) The dying.
(b) Bitterness.
(c) Sweetness.
(d) Life.

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

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

12. In Dream Land, towards what direction does the poem's subject face?
(a) East.
(b) South.
(c) North.
(d) West.

13. What does the speaker in the first poem entitled Song say ought to be placed on the grave of those who died in their prime?
(a) Roses.
(b) Bay.
(c) Ivy.
(d) Laurels.

14. 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.

15. Where do the poem's speaker and her unspecified companion sit in An End?
(a) By the grave.
(b) In their house.
(c) Under a tree.
(d) By the shore.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What might the poem's speaker have been instead of an "unclean thing" in Cousin Kate?

4. For what purpose does the speaker of A Summer Wish believe the rose is chiefly meant?

5. To which of the following does the poem's speaker insist the bird should sing in A Summer Wish?

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