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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What thirsts for the poem's first (or only) speaker of A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break?
2. Upon the skirts of whom does the figure in the speaker's dream tread in The Convent Threshold?
3. With what does the poem's speaker say that her sister Maude, in the poem of the same name, ought to bide?
4. What happens to the sweetest blossoms in Sweet Death?
5. What does the speaker of No Thank You, John say the wanness of John's face shows?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout a great deal of Rossetti's poetry, there is a connection drawn between life and love, between living and loving. This can be seen in At Home, A Triad, A Birthday, After Death, An End, and many others. Explicate in a thoroughly-developed analytical essay the significance of this connection. In what way are the two states or actions comparable? Why would one be linked with the other? What makes the two similar? How is this demonstrated in the various poems of Christina Rossetti? What does this connection reveal about human nature?
Essay Topic 2
Many of the poems in the collection, from The Convent Threshold through The World, deal with explicitly religious themes. Analyze the overall portrayal of religion in these poems in a thoughtful and insightful essay. How is religion portrayed in each individual poem? How is religion portrayed overall? With what sort of imagery and beliefs is religious practice associated? What do the poems indicate about religious belief? How do the speakers interact with religion? What does religion provide the speakers? What does faith provide?
Essay Topic 3
Many of Rossetti's poems provide commentary on the uncertainty and the possibilities of life after death. Perusing the collection, compose an analytical essay which looks at the portrayals of life after death in-depth. In what ways is the uncertainty of life after death portrayed? Does it seem certain that there is life after death? What would indicate that there is? What would indicate that there is not? What do the poems indicate about speculating on life-after-death's existence? What do the poems seem to argue should be the disposition of someone towards life after death?
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