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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Towards the end of the poem, the speaker of No Thank You, John tells John to rise above which of the following?
(a) Quibbles.
(b) Pride.
(c) Sloth.
(d) Lust.

2. What thirsts for the poem's first (or only) speaker of A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break?
(a) The heart that aches.
(b) The soul that breathes.
(c) The mind that knows.
(d) The will to love.

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

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

5. At what time is "she" presented as "exceeding fair" in The World?
(a) Day.
(b) Morning.
(c) Night.
(d) Evening.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does sister Maude lurk to do in the first stanza of Sister Maude?

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

4. To what does the speaker compare her life in the second stanza of A Better Resurrection?

5. What will the poem's first (or only) speaker bless in A Bruised Reed Shall He Not Break?

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