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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Sweet Death.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what does Maude Clare, in the poem of the same name, wash her hands?
(a) A sordid hate.
(b) A paltry love.
(c) A disastrous affair.
(d) A crucifixion.

2. What does the speaker in the first poem entitled Song say ought to be placed on her own grave?
(a) Ivy.
(b) Violets.
(c) Bay.
(d) Laurels.

3. What is a halcyon sea as used in A Birthday?
(a) A sea full of fish.
(b) A place that induces a trance.
(c) A sea filled with whirlpools.
(d) A place which surrounds with peace and happiness.

4. If the speaker of the poem could see another Spring, what would she not plant, as described in the first stanza of Another Spring?
(a) Another tree.
(b) Summer flowers.
(c) Crops to harvest.
(d) The seeds of love.

5. To what does the speaker lament the giving of the peace of all the days she has to live in the fourth stanza of A Pause of Thought?
(a) An empty love.
(b) An empty name.
(c) An empty suit.
(d) An empty man.

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. At what time does the rose drop down its dew in A Summer Wish?

3. Between what are the poppies to be born in May?

4. To which of the following does the poem's speaker insist the bird should sing in A Summer Wish?

5. Upon the skirts of whom does the figure in the speaker's dream tread in The Convent Threshold?

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