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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sister Maude.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the poem's speaker and her unspecified companion sit in An End?
(a) By the shore.
(b) In their house.
(c) By the grave.
(d) Under a tree.

2. At what hour do the lives of those yet living stand full in At Home?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Dusk.
(c) Noon.
(d) Dawn.

3. What does the object in the second stanza of A Pause of Thought do?
(a) Dance about the speaker.
(b) Flee away from the speaker.
(c) Flee towards the speaker.
(d) Taunt and tease the speaker.

4. With what does the great lord fill the poem's speaker's heart in the first stanza of Cousin Kate?
(a) Hate.
(b) Bewilderment.
(c) Love.
(d) Care.

5. What are the names of the two girls the speaker of No Thank You, John says would take pity on John?
(a) Faith and Hope.
(b) Susan and Sarah.
(c) Meg and Moll.
(d) Maggie and Nell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What might the poem's speaker have been instead of an "unclean thing" in Cousin Kate?

2. On what sort of day did "it" come to pass in May?

3. With what does the speaker watch and wait in the second stanza of A Pause of Thought?

4. What does the poem's speaker do in the final stanza in An Apple Gathering?

5. In the final stanza of A Summer Wish, where are the birds said to rejoice?

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