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As imperceptibly as Grief Quiz

1 What is the main subject of the poem?
The passage of time

The beauty of the afternoon

The speaker's fear of night

A death in the family
2 What season does the speaker describe in depth?
Summer

Fall

Spring

Winter
3 What does the word "keel" refer to?
A rare species of bird

A form of poetry

A type of flower

A stabilizing structural element on a boat
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?
The pull of the tide

A beloved guest

A bird in flight

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

Li Po

Sylvia Plath

William Shakespeare
7 How does the speaker depict time progressing?
Confusingly

Imperceptibly but with dramatic aftereffects

Vaguely

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

Bored and irritated

Somber and doleful

Pointed and dramatic
9 What does "perfidy" mean in the poem?
Deceit

Thriftiness

Kindness

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

Dusk

A beehive

Twilight
11 What is the genre of the poem?
Love sonnet

Nature poetry

Light verse

War 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 the speaker and the passage of time

Between Emily Dickinson and Emily Brontë

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

When dusk ends

As winter draws to a close

When summer "leaps into the beautiful"
15 How many stanzas does the poem contain?
Four

One

Five

Six
16 Which of the following lines has assonance?
"Into the Beautiful."

"The Morning foreign shone —"

"As imperceptibly as Grief"

"To seem like Perfidy —"
17 Which pairing of words forms a slant rhyme in the poem?
"Grief" and "wing"

"Grace" and "wing"

"Distilled" and "herself"

"Away" and "perfidy"
18 What does the word "sequestered" describe in the poem?
The speaker

Summer

An afternoon

Dusk
19 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"Too imperceptible at last"

"The Dusk drew earlier in —"

"As Twilight long begun,"

"Our Summer made her light escape"
20 How does the speaker feel about summer?
She doesn't want it to end

She endures it without complaint

She hardly notices it

She dislikes it
21 Which of the following is NOT a stylistic element in the poem?
Stream of consciousness

Dashes

Slant rhyme

Unconventional capitalization
22 How many lines does the poem have?
Sixty

Twenty two

Thirteen

Sixteen
23 What function does the symbol of the keel serve in the text?
Highlights the subtlety of summer's exit

Places the poem in the dead of winter

Reveals that the speaker is captain of a whaling ship

Situates the poem on stormy seas
24 When was the poem published?
1896

1906

1861

1891
25 What is summer a metaphor for in the poem?
The cruelty of fate

The brevity of the seasons

The power of belief

The imperceptibility of time and the loss it causes

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