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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does the speaker say in the third stanza of A Pause of Thought?
(a) "This thing shalln't be 'gain."
(b) "This thing shall be forevermore."
(c) "This thing shall be again."
(d) "This thing shall be no more."

2. 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.

3. Of which of the following is man NOT compared to in his being "tossed to and fro" in The One Certainty?
(a) Wind.
(b) Dew.
(c) Hope.
(d) Grass.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word describes the feet of the "she" in The World?

2. What will the poem's first (or only) speaker bless in A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break?

3. What does the speaker command to sing in the third stanza of The First Spring Day?

4. If the speaker of the poem could see another Spring, what would she not plant, as described in the first stanza of Another Spring?

5. On what sort of day did "it" come to pass in May?

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