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As imperceptibly as Grief Quiz

1 What is the main subject of the poem?
The speaker's fear of night

The passage of time

A death in the family

The beauty of the afternoon
2 What season does the speaker describe in depth?
Spring

Winter

Summer

Fall
3 What does the word "keel" refer to?
A form of poetry

A rare species of bird

A stabilizing structural element on a boat

A type of flower
4 What is the meter of the poem?
Lines of trochaic pentameter

Lines of iambic tetrameter and pentameter

Lines of dactylic hexameter

Lines of iambic trimeter and tetrameter
5 What does the speaker compare summer to?
A beloved guest

The pull of the tide

A bird in flight

A snake in the grass
6 Which of the following poets is NOT known for writing about summer?
William Shakespeare

Emily Brontë

Li Po

Sylvia Plath
7 How does the speaker depict time progressing?
Imperceptibly but with dramatic aftereffects

Vaguely

Confusingly

Slowly but with lots of attention being paid to it
8 What best characterizes the tone of the poem?
Bored and irritated

Pointed and dramatic

Somber and doleful

Wistful and melancholy
9 What does "perfidy" mean in the poem?
Intelligence

Kindness

Thriftiness

Deceit
10 Which of the following is NOT an image in the poem?
Dusk

A summer day

A beehive

Twilight
11 What is the genre of the poem?
Light verse

Love sonnet

War poetry

Nature poetry
12 Emily Brontë characterizes summer as which of the following?
An scorchingly hot portion of the year

A serene space for daydreaming

A dangerous place to be avoided

An anxiety-provoking period of time
13 Where is the central conflict of the poem?
Between summer and the speaker

Between Emily Dickinson and Emily Brontë

Between autumn and the passage of time

Between the speaker and the passage of time
14 What is the climax of the poem?
As twilight begins

As winter draws to a close

When summer "leaps into the beautiful"

When dusk ends
15 How many stanzas does the poem contain?
Five

Four

Six

One
16 Which of the following lines has assonance?
"The Morning foreign shone —"

"To seem like Perfidy —"

"As imperceptibly as Grief"

"Into the Beautiful."
17 Which pairing of words forms a slant rhyme in the poem?
"Distilled" and "herself"

"Away" and "perfidy"

"Grace" and "wing"

"Grief" and "wing"
18 What does the word "sequestered" describe in the poem?
The speaker

Summer

An afternoon

Dusk
19 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"The Dusk drew earlier in —"

"As Twilight long begun,"

"Our Summer made her light escape"

"Too imperceptible at last"
20 How does the speaker feel about summer?
She endures it without complaint

She doesn't want it to end

She dislikes it

She hardly notices it
21 Which of the following is NOT a stylistic element in the poem?
Slant rhyme

Stream of consciousness

Unconventional capitalization

Dashes
22 How many lines does the poem have?
Sixteen

Thirteen

Sixty

Twenty two
23 What function does the symbol of the keel serve in the text?
Situates the poem on stormy seas

Places the poem in the dead of winter

Highlights the subtlety of summer's exit

Reveals that the speaker is captain of a whaling ship
24 When was the poem published?
1891

1906

1896

1861
25 What is summer a metaphor for in the poem?
The brevity of the seasons

The cruelty of fate

The power of belief

The imperceptibility of time and the loss it causes

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