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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What can the bowl in the third stanza of A Better Resurrection literally not hold?
(a) A drop of water.
(b) The love of God.
(c) A cluster of grapes.
(d) The wine of life.

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

4. In what do all things end in The One Certainty?
(a) The long dust of death.
(b) The blissful joy of paradise.
(c) The sorrowful wails of the unloved.
(d) The eternal pain of hell.

5. What is the third enemy in The Three Enemies?
(a) The Spirit.
(b) The night.
(c) The Devil.
(d) The world.

6. The fourth stanza of Sister Maude says that the speaker's father may rest where?
(a) Paradise.
(b) Her heart.
(c) Eternity.
(d) Home.

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

8. The speaker's mother was told of the speaker's what in Sister Maude?
(a) Sloth.
(b) Child.
(c) Shame.
(d) Fear.

9. What does the speaker implore Jesus to do for her in the second stanza of A Better Resurrection?
(a) Save her.
(b) Quicken her.
(c) Drink of her.
(d) Rise in her.

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

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

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

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

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

15. What are the names of the two girls the speaker of No Thank You, John says would take pity on John?
(a) Susan and Sarah.
(b) Faith and Hope.
(c) Meg and Moll.
(d) Maggie and Nell.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. By what is man "tossed to and fro" in The One Certainty?

4. Into which color do all colors turn in Sweet Death?

5. What does the speaker command to sing in the first stanza of The First Spring Day?

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