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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must ascend in order for shoots to be put forth in Spring?
(a) Light.
(b) Sap.
(c) Roots.
(d) Water.

2. By what does the auditor of the poem regularly hold the speaker in Remember?
(a) The arm.
(b) The hand.
(c) The depth of his eyes.
(d) The tone of his voice.

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

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

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

6. Where did the poem's speaker and her former lover used to walk in An Apple Gathering?
(a) The vineyard.
(b) The beach.
(c) The apple tree lane.
(d) Her lover's house.

7. How many of the women singing of love yet lives in the poem, A Triad?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

8. What does the poem's speaker do with the blossoms she picks from her apple tree in An Apple Gathering?
(a) Sews them into a dress.
(b) Scatters them on the ground.
(c) Wears them in her hair.
(d) Gives them to her lover.

9. With what does the great lord fill the poem's speaker's heart in the first stanza of Cousin Kate?
(a) Hate.
(b) Bewilderment.
(c) Care.
(d) Love.

10. In At Home, what is the topic of conversation for those yet living?
(a) Tomorrow.
(b) The mountains.
(c) Sobriety.
(d) Yesterday.

11. Which of the following is the poem's speaker's heart NOT like in A Birthday?
(a) A singing bird.
(b) A rainbow shell.
(c) A glowing smile.
(d) An apple tree.

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

13. In what metal ought the fleurs-de-lys be worked in A Birthday?
(a) Gold.
(b) Silver.
(c) Bronze.
(d) Copper.

14. In the first stanza of Echo, the speaker demands that her auditor come to her with eyes as bright as what?
(a) The noonday sun.
(b) Diamonds held over a candle.
(c) Sunlight on a stream.
(d) Stars on a moonless night.

15. What emotion does the man in After Death feel for the poem's speaker in the latter's posthumous condition?
(a) Pity.
(b) Love.
(c) Indifference.
(d) Hatred.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is vair as used in A Birthday?

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

3. In Goblin Market, with what does Laura's sister attempt to purchase the goblin fruit?

4. Who accompanies Gertrude and helps her with her large load of apples in An Apple Gathering?

5. What does the speaker in the first poem entitled Song say ought to be given to those living in their prime?

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