Anne Bradstreet: Poems Quizzes

Anne Bradstreet: Poems Quiz 1

By Kristen Osborne · Edited by A. Boghani · Last reviewed December 23, 2013

1 In "A Letter...absent upon Publick Employment," how does Bradstreet feel?

Sorrowful

Worried

Joyous

Ambivalent
2 In "A Letter...absent upon Publick Employment," where does Bradstreet say the sun, and her husband, are?

Scorpio

Saggitarius

Taurus

Capricorn
3 In "A Letter...absent upon Publick Employment," what does Bradstreet say reminds her of her husband?

Their house

His boots

Her children

His portrait
4 In "A Letter...absent upon Publick Employment," the poet's love for her husband comes across as somewhat...

forced

nonexistant

cold

erotic
5 In "A Letter...absent upon Publick Employment," the poet says that she and her husband are

best friends

equals

one

estranged
6 In "Before the Birth of One of Her Children," the poet is afraid of

getting sick

having a daughter

dying in childbirth

her child being ill
7 Bradstreet addresses "Before the Birth of One of Her Children" to

her husband

God

the reader

her child
8 In "Before the Birth of One of Her Children," the poet's tone is

mournful

fearful

joyous

indifferent
9 In "Before the Birth of One of Her Children," the poet reflects on

nature

the brevity of life

feminism

God
10 The relationship between the two protagonists in "Dialogue Between Old England and New" is

mother and daughter

father and son

friends

sisters
11 In "Dialogue Between Old England and New," Old England seems

worried

happy

vengeful

quiet
12 In "Dialogue Between Old England and New," Old England's problems are primarily

political

religious

economic

racial
13 In "Dialogue Between Old England and New," New England envisions

a Protestant revolution

a Catholic takeover

Old England's demise

the King's death
14 In "Another," the poet addresses

the Sun

her children

the Moon

her husband
15 In "Another," the poet writes about

her children

her husband's absence

nature

God
16 In "Another," the poet's mood is

bouyant

sorrowful

contemplative

anxious
17 In "Another," the poet says her tears are more than all of the following EXCEPT

fishes in the sea

motes of sunshine

grains of sand

the stars
18 In "Another (II)," the poet writes about

nature

her husband's absence

God

her children
19 In "Another (II)," the poet personifies herself as a/an

rabbit

lioness

gazelle

deer
20 In "Another (II)," the poet personifies herself as a/an

snake

butterfly

squirrel

fish
21 In "Another (II)," the poet describes herself and her husband as

falling out of love

estranged

equals

one
22 In "The Author to Her Book," the poet sees her book as

her mentor

her friend

a child

her pet
23 In "The Author to Her Book," the poet is _________ that her book was published without her permission.

Ambivalent

Enraged

Frustrated

Excited
24 In "The Author to Her Book," the poet says her book is dressed in

sin

rags

nothing

finery
25 In "The Author to Her Book," the poet says all of the following EXCEPT

the book is useless

the book has blemishes

her book has no father

the book's mother is poor

"For my pen are to superior things " explain the line

I'm sorry, can you please provide the name of Bradstreet's poem? The only lines I've been able to find that correlate are attached below:

“I am obnoxious to each carping tongue
Who says my hand a needle better fits.
A poet’s pen all scorn I should...

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why is new england reffered to as daughter and a limb of old england?

Bradstreet styled this poem as a dialogue between Old England, the mother, and her daughter, New England. New England asks her mother why she is suffering and mournful, especially since she possesses more wealth and national glory. The mother...

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Examples

I'm sorry, you have not provided the title of the poem in question.

Asked by Reem A #1202844

Answered by jill d #170087 on 5/13/2022 6:50 PM

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