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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is placed at the foot of the deceased in the first stanza of An End?
(a) A stone.
(b) A tear.
(c) A poem.
(d) A rose.

2. What does one want, according to the speaker in the second stanza of Winter: My Secret, on a "nipping day, a biting day"?
(a) A wrap.
(b) A fire.
(c) A lover.
(d) A house.

3. In the final stanza of A Summer Wish, where are the birds said to rejoice?
(a) In the trees.
(b) In the stream.
(c) In the sun.
(d) In the wind.

4. In Goblin Market, what is the name of Laura's sister?
(a) Lorrie.
(b) Lauren.
(c) Jeanie.
(d) Lizzie.

5. Whose wings does God guide in Spring?
(a) The cleft swallows'.
(b) The dipping martins'.
(c) The vibrant cardinals'.
(d) The bright-eyed eagles'.

6. In the second stanza of Echo, the speaker says that the dream's wakening should have been in what location?
(a) Paradise.
(b) England.
(c) Arden.
(d) The heavens.

7. How many women sing of love together in A Triad?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Six.

8. What sprouts in the lane in Spring?
(a) Hedges.
(b) Roots.
(c) Ferns.
(d) Grass.

9. What color blossoms does the poem's speaker pick from her apple tree in An Apple Gathering?
(a) Orange.
(b) Red.
(c) Green.
(d) Pink.

10. With what exclamation does the poem's speaker respond to her auditor's curiosity in the first stanza of Winter: My Secret?
(a) Fie!
(b) Bah!
(c) No!
(d) Oh!

11. What does the speaker in the first poem entitled Song say ought to be given to those in the flush of youth?
(a) Ivy.
(b) Laurels.
(c) Roses.
(d) Violets.

12. In the first stanza of Echo, the speaker demands that her auditor come to her with eyes as bright as what?
(a) The noonday sun.
(b) Stars on a moonless night.
(c) Diamonds held over a candle.
(d) Sunlight on a stream.

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

14. How many eyes ought the peacocks have in A Birthday?
(a) Eight.
(b) Two.
(c) Two thousand.
(d) One hundred.

15. In Goblin Market, with what does Laura's sister attempt to purchase the goblin fruit?
(a) A song.
(b) A silver penny.
(c) Her golden locks.
(d) A golden vase.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the first line of Echo, the speaker demands that her auditor come to her in the silence of the what?

2. What do the neighbors call the poem's speaker in the 4th stanza of Cousin Kate?

3. What does the speaker in the first poem entitled Song say ought to be placed on the grave of those who died in their prime?

4. What must ascend in order for shoots to be put forth in Spring?

5. What is the present given to the poem's lordly subject by Maude Clare in the poem of the same name?

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