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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the grave flowers shed their leaves in Sweet Death?
(a) All at once.
(b) They have no leaves.
(c) In showers.
(d) One by one.

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

3. According to the preacher in The One Certainty, all things are what?
(a) Illusion.
(b) Mist.
(c) Air.
(d) Vanity.

4. 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 suit.
(b) An empty man.
(c) An empty love.
(d) An empty name.

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

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

7. With what did "it" pass away in May?
(a) All small things.
(b) All swift things.
(c) All great things.
(d) All sweet things.

8. 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.

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

10. With what must Spring dawn again, in the third stanza of The First Spring Day?
(a) Warmth and bloom.
(b) A bright new sun.
(c) Cloudy skies.
(d) Warming drops of dew.

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

12. How many beds will there be at the resting place in Up-Hill?
(a) Enough for everyone.
(b) An infinite amount.
(c) Just one.
(d) Only a few.

13. Between what are the poppies to be born in May?
(a) Meadows at morn.
(b) The seasons' sojourn.
(c) Blades of corn.
(d) Betwixt horn and horn.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For what does the poem's first (or only) speaker strive to win in A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break?

3. When did "it" come to pass in May?

4. How many Johns would the speaker of No Thank You, John rather say "no" to than say yes to her auditor?

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

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