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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The body beloved of the speaker now lies, as said in the second stanza of Sister Maude, cold as what?
(a) Death.
(b) Ice.
(c) Stone.
(d) Faith.

2. What do the youngest blossoms nourish in Sweet Death?
(a) A virgin love.
(b) The rich earth.
(c) An eternal joy.
(d) The speaker's soul.

3. What color are the sheets upon which the speaker lays in the third-to-last stanza of The Convent Threshold?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) White.

4. If the speaker of the poem could see another Spring, what would she not plant, as described in the first stanza of Another Spring?
(a) Crops to harvest.
(b) Another tree.
(c) The seeds of love.
(d) Summer flowers.

5. The last line in Sweet Death asks "why / Prefer to glean with" which of the following biblical women?
(a) Sara.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Eve.
(d) Naomi.

6. "Until the ancient race of Time be run," what shall morning be in The One Certainty?
(a) Kept at bay.
(b) Warm.
(c) Gray.
(d) Cold.

7. How far does the road wind uphill in the poem of the same name?
(a) Not at all.
(b) Halfway.
(c) Most of the way.
(d) All the way.

8. With what does the speaker watch and wait in the second stanza of A Pause of Thought?
(a) Slothful youth.
(b) A bottle of gin.
(c) Despair.
(d) A steadfast will.

9. What does the speaker of No Thank You, John offer to John in lieu of love?
(a) Money.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Respect.
(d) Enmity.

10. When did "it" come to pass in May?
(a) Late April.
(b) Early June.
(c) Early May.
(d) Late May.

11. Of which of the following is man NOT compared to in his being "tossed to and fro" in The One Certainty?
(a) Dew.
(b) Grass.
(c) Wind.
(d) Hope.

12. In the second stanza of Another Spring, the speaker says she would find music in which of the following?
(a) Evening.
(b) Hail.
(c) Waves.
(d) Market.

13. How many Johns would the speaker of No Thank You, John rather say "no" to than say yes to her auditor?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Ten.
(c) Forty.
(d) A thousand.

14. What does the object in the second stanza of A Pause of Thought do?
(a) Flee towards the speaker.
(b) Taunt and tease the speaker.
(c) Dance about the speaker.
(d) Flee away from the speaker.

15. Which of the following does the speaker say in the third stanza of A Pause of Thought?
(a) "This thing shall be again."
(b) "This thing shall be forevermore."
(c) "This thing shall be no more."
(d) "This thing shalln't be 'gain."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker of No Thank You, John say the wanness of John's face shows?

2. What does sister Maude lurk to do in the first stanza of Sister Maude?

3. What word describes the feet of the "she" in The World?

4. In the second stanza of The First Spring Day, the speaker says she wonders if this spring-tide will literally bring another what?

5. At what time is "she" presented as "exceeding fair" in The World?

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