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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What thirsts for the poem's first (or only) speaker of A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break?
(a) The will to love.
(b) The mind that knows.
(c) The heart that aches.
(d) The soul that breathes.

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

3. With what does the speaker watch and wait in the second stanza of A Pause of Thought?
(a) Despair.
(b) Slothful youth.
(c) A steadfast will.
(d) A bottle of gin.

4. What is the first enemy in The Three Enemies?
(a) The Father.
(b) The night.
(c) The world.
(d) The flesh.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does the poem's speaker say that her sister Maude, in the poem of the same name, ought to bide?

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

3. To what does the poem's speaker implore her lover in The Convent Threshold?

4. At what time is "she" presented as "exceeding fair" in The World?

5. How many of the birds have foregone their mates at the passing of "it" in May?

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