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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the great lord first see cousin Kate in the poem of the same name?
(a) At the local market.
(b) At her coming out ball.
(c) At her grandfather's estate.
(d) At her father's gate.

2. In Dream Land, what bird does the poem's subject hear singing?
(a) A nightingale.
(b) A finch.
(c) A canary.
(d) A crow.

3. Which of the following does the speaker say in the third stanza of A Pause of Thought?
(a) "This thing shall be no more."
(b) "This thing shall be forevermore."
(c) "This thing shall be again."
(d) "This thing shalln't be 'gain."

4. What adjective is used to describe the door that, "opening, letting in, lets out no more" in the second stanza of Echo?
(a) Old.
(b) Slow.
(c) Quick.
(d) Thick.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In A Summer Wish, the poem's speaker wishes she could bloom her hour as a rose in spite of what?

3. Which of the following did the passing of "it" NOT leave the speaker of May?

4. In the second stanza of Another Spring, the speaker says she would listen to the daylight _____________.

5. With what did "it" pass away in May?

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