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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Snowdrops.
(c) Primrose.
(d) White violets.

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

3. How many Johns would the speaker of No Thank You, John rather say "no" to than say yes to her auditor?
(a) Ten.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Forty.
(d) A thousand.

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) A sincerity of feeling.
(d) An hour-old ghost.

5. "Until the ancient race of Time be run," what shall morning be in The One Certainty?
(a) Warm.
(b) Kept at bay.
(c) Cold.
(d) Gray.

6. What will the poem's first (or only) speaker bless in A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break?
(a) The seeds in the mind.
(b) The breath of the soul.
(c) The love of the will.
(d) The germs in the heart.

7. By what is man "tossed to and fro" in The One Certainty?
(a) Hope and fear.
(b) Life and death.
(c) Death and judgment.
(d) Heaven and hell.

8. 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.

9. Which of the following did the passing of "it" NOT leave the speaker of May?
(a) Old.
(b) Cold.
(c) Gray.
(d) Sick.

10. Of what is the monster in The World devoid?
(a) Love and prayer.
(b) Beauty and sincerity.
(c) A heart.
(d) Truth and love.

11. What is new under the sun in The One Certainty?
(a) Peace.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Love.
(d) Joy.

12. For what does the poem's first (or only) speaker strive to win in A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break?
(a) The race.
(b) His lover.
(c) The prize.
(d) His auditor.

13. With what does the poem's speaker say that her sister Maude, in the poem of the same name, ought to bide?
(a) Mother and father.
(b) Death and sin.
(c) Patience and love.
(d) Love and peace.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker command to sing in the first stanza of The First Spring Day?

2. At what place can the speaker rest at night in Up-Hill?

3. What is better than beauty and youth in Sweet Death?

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

5. What does the speaker implore Jesus to do for her in the second stanza of A Better Resurrection?

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