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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does the speaker say in the third stanza of A Pause of Thought?
(a) "This thing shall be again."
(b) "This thing shalln't be 'gain."
(c) "This thing shall be no more."
(d) "This thing shall be forevermore."

2. Upon the skirts of whom does the figure in the speaker's dream tread in The Convent Threshold?
(a) Seraphim.
(b) Maidens.
(c) Cherubim.
(d) The Blessed.

3. How many beds will there be at the resting place in Up-Hill?
(a) Enough for everyone.
(b) An infinite amount.
(c) Only a few.
(d) Just one.

4. What word describes the feet of the "she" in The World?
(a) Cloven.
(b) Sleek.
(c) Stunted.
(d) Club.

5. How far does the road wind uphill in the poem of the same name?
(a) All the way.
(b) Not at all.
(c) Halfway.
(d) Most of the way.

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

7. What riches does the second speaker in The Three Enemies desire?
(a) Piles of gold.
(b) Daily bread.
(c) All the world.
(d) The love of men.

8. On what sort of day did "it" come to pass in May?
(a) A dark and cloudy day.
(b) A bright and breezy day.
(c) A wet and chill day.
(d) A bright and balmy day.

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

10. What can the bowl in the third stanza of A Better Resurrection literally not hold?
(a) A drop of water.
(b) A cluster of grapes.
(c) The love of God.
(d) The wine of life.

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

12. How do the grave flowers shed their leaves in Sweet Death?
(a) They have no leaves.
(b) All at once.
(c) One by one.
(d) In showers.

13. What does the speaker implore Jesus to do for her in the third stanza of A Better Resurrection?
(a) Rise in her.
(b) Save her.
(c) Quicken her.
(d) Drink of her.

14. What does the poem's first (or only) speaker guide towards himself in A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break?
(a) The lonely thrust of the world.
(b) The unseen longings of the soul.
(c) The deep yearnings of the heart.
(d) The intellectual thirst of the mind.

15. To what does the speaker compare her life in the second stanza of A Better Resurrection?
(a) A church.
(b) A frozen thing.
(c) A stone.
(d) A tomb.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the second stanza of The Three Enemies, of the third enemy, what is it said that the second speaker shall win?

2. Of which of the following is man NOT compared to in his being "tossed to and fro" in The One Certainty?

3. What is the third enemy in The Three Enemies?

4. What does the object in the second stanza of A Pause of Thought do?

5. How many of the birds have foregone their mates at the passing of "it" in May?

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