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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through An End.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the deceased of An End born?
(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Autumn.

2. Whose wings does God guide in Spring?
(a) The cleft swallows'.
(b) The bright-eyed eagles'.
(c) The dipping martins'.
(d) The vibrant cardinals'.

3. How many women sing of love together in A Triad?
(a) Six.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

4. How many eyes ought the peacocks have in A Birthday?
(a) Two.
(b) Eight.
(c) One hundred.
(d) Two thousand.

5. Who is said to be dead in the first stanza in An End?
(a) Death.
(b) The speaker.
(c) The auditor.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What phrase is uttered by the man who leans over the poem's speaker in After Death?

2. What is a halcyon sea as used in A Birthday?

3. What creeps through the lattice near the poem's speaker in After Death?

4. Where do the poem's speaker and her unspecified companion sit in An End?

5. What is placed at the foot of the deceased in the first stanza of An End?

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