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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first speaker in The Three Enemies doing to the second speaker in each stanza?
(a) Joking.
(b) Tempting.
(c) Wooing.
(d) Cajoling.

2. What does sister Maude lurk to do in the first stanza of Sister Maude?
(a) Hide and lie.
(b) Spy and peer.
(c) Totter and leer.
(d) Snicker and sneer.

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

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

5. How will the speaker feel at the end of her journey in Up-Hill?
(a) Not herself.
(b) Strong.
(c) Rejuvenated.
(d) Tired.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does the speaker lament the giving of the peace of all the days she has to live in the fourth stanza of A Pause of Thought?

2. According to the preacher in The One Certainty, all things are what?

3. What does the speaker of No Thank You, John say the wanness of John's face shows?

4. In the second stanza of Another Spring, the speaker says she would listen to the daylight _____________.

5. What adjective is used to describe today in the final stanza of Another Spring?

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