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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. When did the speaker of No Thank You, John love John?
(a) Yesterday.
(b) Never.
(c) Last month.
(d) Last year.

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

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

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

8. Where does the poem's first (or only) speaker have power in A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break?
(a) Only in heaven above.
(b) On earth.
(c) In earth and heaven above.
(d) In the hearts of all.

9. How will the speaker feel at the end of her journey in Up-Hill?
(a) Rejuvenated.
(b) Strong.
(c) Not herself.
(d) Tired.

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

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

12. How long will the journey on the road take in Up-Hill?
(a) Half a day.
(b) All day.
(c) A year.
(d) A lifetime.

13. Who is at the resting place of the speaker in Up-Hill?
(a) Other travelers.
(b) Her family.
(c) Her enemies.
(d) No one.

14. With what disease is "she" afflicted as the moon changes in The World?
(a) Leprosy.
(b) Measles.
(c) Shingles.
(d) Cancer.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker implore Jesus to do for her in the third stanza of A Better Resurrection?

2. What does the poem's first (or only) speaker guide towards himself in A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break?

3. What does the speaker implore Jesus to do for her in the first stanza of A Better Resurrection?

4. What sort of poem is The World?

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

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