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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What adjective is used to describe the chase in the final stanza of A Pause of Thought?
(a) Useless.
(b) Esoteric.
(c) Fruitful.
(d) Exhilarating.

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

3. How do the grave flowers shed their leaves in Sweet Death?
(a) They have no leaves.
(b) In showers.
(c) One by one.
(d) All at once.

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?
(a) Crops to harvest.
(b) The seeds of love.
(c) Another tree.
(d) Summer flowers.

5. What does the speaker command to sing in the first stanza of The First Spring Day?
(a) Hope.
(b) The robin.
(c) Spring.
(d) The nightingale.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the second stanza of The Three Enemies, of the third enemy, what is it said that the second speaker shall win?

3. The speaker of the poem laments in the third stanza of Another Spring that all her past results in what word?

4. How far does the road wind uphill in the poem of the same name?

5. What does the poem's first (or only) speaker guide towards himself in A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break?

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