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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Towards the end of the poem, the speaker of No Thank You, John tells John to rise above which of the following?
(a) Sloth.
(b) Pride.
(c) Quibbles.
(d) Lust.

4. How many Johns would the speaker of No Thank You, John rather say "no" to than say yes to her auditor?
(a) A thousand.
(b) Forty.
(c) Ten.
(d) Fifty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the second stanza of The First Spring Day, the speaker says she wonders if this spring-tide will literally bring another what?

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

3. When did the speaker of No Thank You, John love John?

4. What do the youngest blossoms nourish in Sweet Death?

5. How many beds will there be at the resting place in Up-Hill?

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