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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many of the birds have foregone their mates at the passing of "it" in May?
(a) None.
(b) Most.
(c) All.
(d) Some.

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

5. 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) Crocuses.
(b) Primrose.
(c) White violets.
(d) Snowdrops.

6. Whose blood stands between the speaker and her lover in The Convent Threshold?
(a) Child's.
(b) Uncle's.
(c) Mother's.
(d) Father's.

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

8. 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.

9. Towards the end of the poem, the speaker of No Thank You, John tells John to rise above which of the following?
(a) Quibbles.
(b) Lust.
(c) Pride.
(d) Sloth.

10. 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) The seeds of love.
(b) Summer flowers.
(c) Another tree.
(d) Crops to harvest.

11. Which of the following did the passing of "it" NOT leave the speaker of May?
(a) Old.
(b) Gray.
(c) Cold.
(d) Sick.

12. What happens to the sweetest blossoms in Sweet Death?
(a) They blow.
(b) They die.
(c) They continue to grow.
(d) They bloom.

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

14. For what does the poem's first (or only) speaker strive to win in A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break?
(a) The prize.
(b) The race.
(c) His lover.
(d) His auditor.

15. What riches does the second speaker in The Three Enemies desire?
(a) Piles of gold.
(b) Daily bread.
(c) All the world.
(d) The love of men.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what place can the speaker rest at night in Up-Hill?

2. In the second stanza of Another Spring, the speaker says she would listen to the daylight _____________.

3. How many beds will there be at the resting place in Up-Hill?

4. Where do the eyes of the speaker's lover look in The Convent Threshold?

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

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