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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the present given to the poem's lordly subject by Maude Clare in the poem of the same name?
(a) A cluster of lilies.
(b) A marriage bed.
(c) A fickle heart.
(d) Half of a golden chain.

2. What does the poem's speaker have that cousin Kate does not in the poem of the same name?
(a) A son.
(b) A coronet.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Fame.

3. For what reason is Nell in Maude Clare pale?
(a) Pride.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Inward strife.
(d) Hatred.

4. To what does March's "peck of dust" correspond in the third stanza of Winter: My Secret?
(a) Spring cleaning.
(b) A dust storm.
(c) A light snowfall.
(d) The falling of pollen.

5. Which of the following is the poem's speaker's heart NOT like in A Birthday?
(a) An apple tree.
(b) A singing bird.
(c) A rainbow shell.
(d) A glowing smile.

Short Answer Questions

1. In At Home, what is the topic of conversation for those yet living?

2. What does the speaker in the first poem entitled Song say ought to be given to those in the flush of youth?

3. In Goblin Market, what is the name of Laura's sister?

4. In At Home, of what was the speaker in comparison to the conversation of those yet living?

5. What is the last word of Spring?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the "she" of The World, and what indicates this interpretation?

2. What is the tone of the poem's speaker towards love in An End?

3. Who are the wayfarers who have gone before the poem's inquisitive speaker in Up-Hill?

4. What is the meaning of the phrase, "Where thirsting longing eyes / Watch the slow door / That opening, letting in, lets out no more" in Echo?

5. What might be the reason for John's unwarranted affection towards the poem's speaker in No Thank You, John?

6. For what reason is the poem's speaker in a celebratory mood in A Birthday?

7. What does the coldness in Winter: My Secret symbolize?

8. What is significant about the doves, lilies, and butterflies listed being in pairs in the second poem entitled Song?

9. What is the meaning of the word "deprecate" as used in the context of A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break?

10. What does the "Spring" in the second stanza of The First Spring Day interpretatively signify?

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