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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. Where does the great lord first see cousin Kate in the poem of the same name?
(a) At her coming out ball.
(b) At the local market.
(c) At her father's gate.
(d) At her grandfather's estate.

2. What adjective is used to describe the door that, "opening, letting in, lets out no more" in the second stanza of Echo?
(a) Old.
(b) Quick.
(c) Slow.
(d) Thick.

3. In At Home, what is the topic of conversation for those yet living?
(a) Sobriety.
(b) The mountains.
(c) Yesterday.
(d) Tomorrow.

4. What does the speaker in the first poem entitled Song say ought to be placed on the grave of those who died in their youth?
(a) Violets.
(b) Roses.
(c) Bay.
(d) Laurels.

5. What does the speaker in the first poem entitled Song say ought to be placed on her own grave?
(a) Ivy.
(b) Violets.
(c) Laurels.
(d) Bay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the golden fruit in summer, as said in the fourth stanza of Winter: My Secret?

2. What does the speaker in the first poem entitled Song say ought to be placed on the grave of those who died in their prime?

3. In what multi part fruit should the dais be carved in A Birthday?

4. Who accompanies Gertrude and helps her with her large load of apples in An Apple Gathering?

5. How many of the women singing of love yet lives in the poem, A Triad?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the tone of the speaker towards death in the final poem entitled Song?

2. What is a possible interpretation of the last line of the first stanza in the first poem entitled Song, "Grown old before my time"?

3. Why does the poem's speaker find no apples in her apple tree in An Apple Gathering?

4. Does The One Certainty indicate a pure negativity or is there some indication of hope in the message?

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

6. What is meant by the line "Or in this world, or in the world to come" in the last stanza of The First Spring Day?

7. Who is Ruth, as used in the last line of Sweet Death?

8. Why, of all the women in A Triad, do none achieve life?

9. What is the "it" of May?

10. For what is the speaker of Echo in longing?

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