1 What is the main subject of the poem? The beauty of the afternoon The passage of time The speaker's fear of night A death in the family 2 What season does the speaker describe in depth? Winter Summer Fall Spring 3 What does the word "keel" refer to? A type of flower A rare species of bird A form of poetry A stabilizing structural element on a boat 4 What is the meter of the poem? Lines of iambic tetrameter and pentameter Lines of iambic trimeter and tetrameter Lines of trochaic pentameter Lines of dactylic hexameter 5 What does the speaker compare summer to? The pull of the tide A bird in flight A beloved guest A snake in the grass 6 Which of the following poets is NOT known for writing about summer? Emily Brontë Li Po William Shakespeare Sylvia Plath 7 How does the speaker depict time progressing? Confusingly Imperceptibly but with dramatic aftereffects Slowly but with lots of attention being paid to it Vaguely 8 What best characterizes the tone of the poem? Somber and doleful Wistful and melancholy Bored and irritated Pointed and dramatic 9 What does "perfidy" mean in the poem? Kindness Deceit Thriftiness Intelligence 10 Which of the following is NOT an image in the poem? A beehive A summer day Dusk Twilight 11 What is the genre of the poem? Love sonnet Light verse War poetry Nature poetry 12 Emily Brontë characterizes summer as which of the following? An anxiety-provoking period of time A dangerous place to be avoided A serene space for daydreaming An scorchingly hot portion of the year 13 Where is the central conflict of the poem? Between the speaker and the passage of time Between autumn and the passage of time Between Emily Dickinson and Emily Brontë Between summer and the speaker 14 What is the climax of the poem? When summer "leaps into the beautiful" When dusk ends As twilight begins As winter draws to a close 15 How many stanzas does the poem contain? Five Four Six One 16 Which of the following lines has assonance? "The Morning foreign shone —" "Into the Beautiful." "As imperceptibly as Grief" "To seem like Perfidy —" 17 Which pairing of words forms a slant rhyme in the poem? "Grief" and "wing" "Distilled" and "herself" "Away" and "perfidy" "Grace" and "wing" 18 What does the word "sequestered" describe in the poem? Dusk An afternoon The speaker Summer 19 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "The Dusk drew earlier in —" "Too imperceptible at last" "Our Summer made her light escape" "As Twilight long begun," 20 How does the speaker feel about summer? She dislikes it She hardly notices it She endures it without complaint She doesn't want it to end 21 Which of the following is NOT a stylistic element in the poem? Stream of consciousness Slant rhyme Dashes Unconventional capitalization 22 How many lines does the poem have? Thirteen Sixteen Sixty Twenty two 23 What function does the symbol of the keel serve in the text? Reveals that the speaker is captain of a whaling ship Highlights the subtlety of summer's exit Situates the poem on stormy seas Places the poem in the dead of winter 24 When was the poem published? 1906 1861 1891 1896 25 What is summer a metaphor for in the poem? The cruelty of fate The brevity of the seasons The imperceptibility of time and the loss it causes The power of belief
