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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the poem's speaker have that cousin Kate does not in the poem of the same name?
(a) Wealth.
(b) A son.
(c) Fame.
(d) A coronet.

4. To which of the following does the poem's speaker insist the bird should sing in A Summer Wish?
(a) The sun.
(b) The passing cloud.
(c) The butterfly.
(d) The sweet summer air.

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

6. Where does the great lord first see cousin Kate in the poem of the same name?
(a) At the local market.
(b) At her coming out ball.
(c) At her father's gate.
(d) At her grandfather's estate.

7. Who accompanies Gertrude and helps her with her large load of apples in An Apple Gathering?
(a) Willy.
(b) Lilian.
(c) Thierry.
(d) Lilias.

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

9. Of what has the poem's auditor planned in Remember?
(a) A book.
(b) His death.
(c) A trip to Italy.
(d) The future.

10. Of what are the souls of the dream in the second stanza of Echo "brimful"?
(a) Weariness.
(b) Love.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Lust.

11. Whose wings does God guide in Spring?
(a) The bright-eyed eagles'.
(b) The cleft swallows'.
(c) The dipping martins'.
(d) The vibrant cardinals'.

12. How many women sing of love together in A Triad?
(a) Six.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

13. What does the man in After Death who leans over the poem's speaker do after moving away from her?
(a) Sing a hymn.
(b) Sob uncontrollably.
(c) Laugh senselessly.
(d) Weep quietly.

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

15. What does one want, according to the speaker in the second stanza of Winter: My Secret, on a "nipping day, a biting day"?
(a) A fire.
(b) A house.
(c) A wrap.
(d) A lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the second stanza of Echo, the speaker says that the dream's wakening should have been in what location?

2. What sprouts in the lane in Spring?

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

4. In what is cousin Kate's love writ in the poem of the same name?

5. What must ascend in order for shoots to be put forth in Spring?

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