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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does the speaker in the first poem entitled Song say ought to be given to those living in their prime?
(a) Violets.
(b) Laurels.
(c) Bay.
(d) Ivy.

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

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

8. At what hour does the sun scorch up the world in Spring?
(a) Noontide.
(b) The setting hour.
(c) The dawning hour.
(d) Two in the afternoon.

9. With what exclamation does the poem's speaker respond to her auditor's curiosity in the first stanza of Winter: My Secret?
(a) Oh!
(b) Fie!
(c) Bah!
(d) No!

10. What is vair as used in A Birthday?
(a) A kind of tapestry.
(b) A kind of perfume.
(c) A kind of silk.
(d) A kind of fur.

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

12. What does the speaker in the first poem entitled Song say ought to be given to those in the flush of youth?
(a) Violets.
(b) Laurels.
(c) Ivy.
(d) Roses.

13. Of what does Maude Clare, in the poem of the same name, wash her hands?
(a) A crucifixion.
(b) A paltry love.
(c) A disastrous affair.
(d) A sordid hate.

14. In what line does the poem turn from an exposition to a resolution in Remember?
(a) The 13th line.
(b) The 7th line.
(c) The 4th line.
(d) The 9th line.

15. What does the poem's speaker forbid her auditor in the case that he forgets her in Remember?
(a) Loving again.
(b) Grieving.
(c) Marrying.
(d) Resting.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In A Summer Wish, the poem's speaker wishes she could bloom her hour as a rose in spite of what?

3. What do the neighbors call the poem's speaker in the 4th stanza of Cousin Kate?

4. What sprouts in the lane in Spring?

5. Upon what are the eyes of the poem's speaker and unspecified companion fixed in An End?

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