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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The corpse of the speaker's beloved is worthy of the embrace of whom in Sister Maude?
(a) A princess.
(b) A queen.
(c) A goddess.
(d) Love.

2. What does the speaker of No Thank You, John say the wanness of John's face shows?
(a) A cold heart.
(b) An unacceptable pridefulness.
(c) An hour-old ghost.
(d) A sincerity of feeling.

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

4. When did "it" come to pass in May?
(a) Early June.
(b) Late April.
(c) Late May.
(d) Early May.

5. What happens to the sweetest blossoms in Sweet Death?
(a) They continue to grow.
(b) They die.
(c) They blow.
(d) They bloom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does sister Maude lurk to do in the first stanza of Sister Maude?

2. How long will the journey on the road take in Up-Hill?

3. To what does the speaker compare her heart in the first stanza of A Better Resurrection?

4. In what do all things end in The One Certainty?

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

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