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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the neighbors call the poem's speaker in the 4th stanza of Cousin Kate?
(a) An outcast thing.
(b) A harlot.
(c) A dove.
(d) Good and pure.

2. Instead of that for which she would have to wait, the speaker says in the first stanza of Another Spring that she would at once have her chill-veined what?
(a) Snowdrops.
(b) White violets.
(c) Primrose.
(d) Crocuses.

3. Which of the following is the poem's speaker's heart NOT like in A Birthday?
(a) A rainbow shell.
(b) An apple tree.
(c) A glowing smile.
(d) A singing bird.

4. What does the speaker of No Thank You, John say the wanness of John's face shows?
(a) An unacceptable pridefulness.
(b) An hour-old ghost.
(c) A sincerity of feeling.
(d) A cold heart.

5. What potentially causes the May flowers to wither in Winter: My Secret?
(a) A frost.
(b) Heavy snow.
(c) Too little sun.
(d) A lack of rain.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Towards the end of the poem, the speaker of No Thank You, John tells John to rise above which of the following?

3. When was the deceased of An End born?

4. At what hour do the lives of those yet living stand full in At Home?

5. The body beloved of the speaker now lies, as said in the second stanza of Sister Maude, cold as what?

(see the answer key)

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