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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Instead of that for which she would have to wait, the speaker says in the first stanza of Another Spring that she would at once have her chill-veined what?
(a) White violets.
(b) Crocuses.
(c) Snowdrops.
(d) Primrose.

2. How does the "she" of the poem stand by day in The World?
(a) In the truth.
(b) Languidly.
(c) Drunkenly.
(d) A lie.

3. What is the second enemy in The Three Enemies?
(a) The world.
(b) The night.
(c) The flesh.
(d) The Son.

4. Of what is the monster in The World devoid?
(a) Truth and love.
(b) Love and prayer.
(c) Beauty and sincerity.
(d) A heart.

5. By what is man "tossed to and fro" in The One Certainty?
(a) Heaven and hell.
(b) Life and death.
(c) Hope and fear.
(d) Death and judgment.

6. How many speakers are there in A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

7. On what sort of day did "it" come to pass in May?
(a) A wet and chill day.
(b) A dark and cloudy day.
(c) A bright and balmy day.
(d) A bright and breezy day.

8. What is the first enemy in The Three Enemies?
(a) The Father.
(b) The world.
(c) The night.
(d) The flesh.

9. With what does the poem's speaker say that her sister Maude, in the poem of the same name, ought to bide?
(a) Love and peace.
(b) Death and sin.
(c) Mother and father.
(d) Patience and love.

10. What adjective is used to describe the chase in the final stanza of A Pause of Thought?
(a) Fruitful.
(b) Useless.
(c) Esoteric.
(d) Exhilarating.

11. To what does the speaker lament the giving of the peace of all the days she has to live in the fourth stanza of A Pause of Thought?
(a) An empty man.
(b) An empty suit.
(c) An empty love.
(d) An empty name.

12. What is new under the sun in The One Certainty?
(a) Joy.
(b) Peace.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Love.

13. To what does the speaker compare her heart in the first stanza of A Better Resurrection?
(a) A tomb.
(b) A tree.
(c) An icicle.
(d) A stone.

14. The first thing wondered by the poem's speaker in the first stanza of The First Spring Day is what?
(a) If wintry birds are dreaming.
(b) If crocus fires are kindling.
(c) If the sap is stirring.
(d) If frozen snowdrops feel the heat of the sun.

15. What color is the hair of the speaker when she awakes from her dreams in the next-to-last stanza of The Convent Threshold?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Gray.
(d) White.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first speaker in The Three Enemies doing to the second speaker in each stanza?

2. To what does the poem's speaker implore her lover in The Convent Threshold?

3. In the second stanza of The Three Enemies, of the third enemy, what is it said that the second speaker shall win?

4. When did the speaker of No Thank You, John love John?

5. What can the bowl in the third stanza of A Better Resurrection literally not hold?

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