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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The first thing wondered by the poem's speaker in the first stanza of The First Spring Day is what?
(a) If frozen snowdrops feel the heat of the sun.
(b) If wintry birds are dreaming.
(c) If the sap is stirring.
(d) If crocus fires are kindling.

3. How will the speaker feel at the end of her journey in Up-Hill?
(a) Not herself.
(b) Tired.
(c) Strong.
(d) Rejuvenated.

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

5. What does the speaker in the first poem entitled Song say ought to be given to her?
(a) Violets.
(b) Roses.
(c) Ivy.
(d) Laurels.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what is cousin Kate's love writ in the poem of the same name?

2. Which of the following does the speaker say in the third stanza of A Pause of Thought?

3. What emotion does the man in After Death feel for the poem's speaker in the latter's posthumous condition?

4. "Until the ancient race of Time be run," what shall morning be in The One Certainty?

5. In what metal ought the fleurs-de-lys be worked in A Birthday?

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