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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) Summer.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Spring.

2. What is the last word of Spring?
(a) Life.
(b) Spring.
(c) Die.
(d) Live.

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

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

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

6. What might the poem's speaker have been instead of an "unclean thing" in Cousin Kate?
(a) A lover.
(b) A wife.
(c) A dove.
(d) A virgin.

7. Into what land does the poem's speaker say she will go in Remember?
(a) Sweden.
(b) The shadow land.
(c) The land of whispers.
(d) The silent land.

8. How do the goblins in Goblin Market react to Laura's sister's attempt to purchase their fruit?
(a) They beat the sister.
(b) They disappear into thin air.
(c) They laugh and go away.
(d) They sell the sister rotten fruit.

9. What potentially causes the May flowers to wither in Winter: My Secret?
(a) A lack of rain.
(b) Too little sun.
(c) Heavy snow.
(d) A frost.

10. At what time does the rose drop down its dew in A Summer Wish?
(a) Morning.
(b) Afternoon.
(c) Evening.
(d) Midnight.

11. When was the deceased of An End born?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Autumn.
(d) Winter.

12. In what is cousin Kate's love writ in the poem of the same name?
(a) Ice.
(b) Truth.
(c) Sand.
(d) Stone.

13. For what purpose does the speaker of A Summer Wish believe the rose is chiefly meant?
(a) To woo hearts.
(b) To be fragrant.
(c) To give delight.
(d) To prick the unwary.

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

15. What adjective is used to describe the door that, "opening, letting in, lets out no more" in the second stanza of Echo?
(a) Old.
(b) Slow.
(c) Quick.
(d) Thick.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In what metal ought the fleurs-de-lys be worked in A Birthday?

3. With what does the great lord fill the poem's speaker's heart in the first stanza of Cousin Kate?

4. At what hour does the sun scorch up the world in Spring?

5. What do the poem's speaker's neighbors do when they see her pass empty-handed in An Apple Gathering?

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