As imperceptibly as Grief Quizzes

As imperceptibly as Grief Quiz

1 What is the main subject of the poem?

The beauty of the afternoon

The speaker's fear of night

A death in the family

The passage of time
2 What season does the speaker describe in depth?

Fall

Spring

Winter

Summer
3 What does the word "keel" refer to?

A stabilizing structural element on a boat

A type of flower

A form of poetry

A rare species of bird
4 What is the meter of the poem?

Lines of iambic trimeter and tetrameter

Lines of dactylic hexameter

Lines of trochaic pentameter

Lines of iambic tetrameter and pentameter
5 What does the speaker compare summer to?

The pull of the tide

A beloved guest

A snake in the grass

A bird in flight
6 Which of the following poets is NOT known for writing about summer?

Sylvia Plath

William Shakespeare

Emily Brontë

Li Po
7 How does the speaker depict time progressing?

Imperceptibly but with dramatic aftereffects

Confusingly

Slowly but with lots of attention being paid to it

Vaguely
8 What best characterizes the tone of the poem?

Somber and doleful

Bored and irritated

Pointed and dramatic

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

Deceit

Kindness

Thriftiness

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

Twilight

A beehive

Dusk

A summer day
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 anxiety-provoking period of time

A serene space for daydreaming

An scorchingly hot portion of the year

A dangerous place to be avoided
13 Where is the central conflict of the poem?

Between summer and the speaker

Between the speaker and the passage of time

Between autumn and the passage of time

Between Emily Dickinson and Emily Brontë
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

Six

One

Four
16 Which of the following lines has assonance?

"To seem like Perfidy —"

"Into the Beautiful."

"The Morning foreign shone —"

"As imperceptibly as Grief"
17 Which pairing of words forms a slant rhyme in the poem?

"Away" and "perfidy"

"Grace" and "wing"

"Grief" and "wing"

"Distilled" and "herself"
18 What does the word "sequestered" describe in the poem?

The speaker

Dusk

An afternoon

Summer
19 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?

"The Dusk drew earlier in —"

"Too imperceptible at last"

"As Twilight long begun,"

"Our Summer made her light escape"
20 How does the speaker feel about summer?

She hardly notices it

She endures it without complaint

She dislikes it

She doesn't want it to end
21 Which of the following is NOT a stylistic element in the poem?

Stream of consciousness

Unconventional capitalization

Slant rhyme

Dashes
22 How many lines does the poem have?

Twenty two

Thirteen

Sixty

Sixteen
23 What function does the symbol of the keel serve in the text?

Places the poem in the dead of winter

Reveals that the speaker is captain of a whaling ship

Situates the poem on stormy seas

Highlights the subtlety of summer's exit
24 When was the poem published?

1891

1906

1861

1896
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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