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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the "she" of the poem stand by day in The World?
(a) Drunkenly.
(b) In the truth.
(c) Languidly.
(d) A lie.

3. Where do the eyes of the speaker's lover look in The Convent Threshold?
(a) Internally.
(b) Nowhere fixed.
(c) Upward.
(d) Earthward.

4. The corpse of the speaker's beloved is worthy of the embrace of whom in Sister Maude?
(a) Love.
(b) A queen.
(c) A goddess.
(d) A princess.

5. The fourth stanza of Sister Maude says that the speaker's father may rest where?
(a) Paradise.
(b) Eternity.
(c) Her heart.
(d) Home.

6. Into which color do all colors turn in Sweet Death?
(a) Gray.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) White.

7. In the second stanza of Another Spring, the speaker says she would find music in which of the following?
(a) Hail.
(b) Waves.
(c) Evening.
(d) Market.

8. According to the preacher in The One Certainty, all things are what?
(a) Air.
(b) Mist.
(c) Vanity.
(d) Illusion.

9. What adjective is used to describe the chase in the final stanza of A Pause of Thought?
(a) Exhilarating.
(b) Esoteric.
(c) Useless.
(d) Fruitful.

10. What is the first enemy in The Three Enemies?
(a) The flesh.
(b) The Father.
(c) The night.
(d) The world.

11. When did "it" come to pass in May?
(a) Early May.
(b) Early June.
(c) Late April.
(d) Late May.

12. 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) Crocuses.
(b) Primrose.
(c) White violets.
(d) Snowdrops.

13. What adjective is used to describe today in the final stanza of Another Spring?
(a) Brief.
(b) Bitter.
(c) Long.
(d) Sweet.

14. How long will the journey on the road take in Up-Hill?
(a) Half a day.
(b) A year.
(c) All day.
(d) A lifetime.

15. What does the speaker of No Thank You, John offer to John in lieu of love?
(a) Money.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Enmity.
(d) Respect.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what is the monster in The World devoid?

2. For what does the poem's first (or only) speaker strive to win in A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break?

3. In what do all things end in The One Certainty?

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

5. On what sort of day did "it" come to pass in May?

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