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As imperceptibly as Grief Quiz

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

A death in the family

The passage of time

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

Fall

Summer

Spring
3 What does the word "keel" refer to?
A type of flower

A stabilizing structural element on a boat

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 trochaic pentameter

Lines of iambic tetrameter and pentameter

Lines of dactylic hexameter
5 What does the speaker compare summer to?
A snake in the grass

A bird in flight

A beloved guest

The pull of the tide
6 Which of the following poets is NOT known for writing about summer?
William Shakespeare

Emily Brontë

Sylvia Plath

Li Po
7 How does the speaker depict time progressing?
Imperceptibly but with dramatic aftereffects

Slowly but with lots of attention being paid to it

Confusingly

Vaguely
8 What best characterizes the tone of the poem?
Bored and irritated

Somber and doleful

Pointed and dramatic

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

Kindness

Intelligence

Thriftiness
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?
Nature poetry

Light verse

War poetry

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

A dangerous place to be avoided

An anxiety-provoking period of time

A serene space for daydreaming
13 Where is the central conflict of the poem?
Between the speaker and the passage of time

Between summer and the speaker

Between autumn and the passage of time

Between Emily Dickinson and Emily Brontë
14 What is the climax of the poem?
When dusk ends

When summer "leaps into the beautiful"

As winter draws to a close

As twilight begins
15 How many stanzas does the poem contain?
Four

Five

Six

One
16 Which of the following lines has assonance?
"To seem like Perfidy —"

"The Morning foreign shone —"

"Into the Beautiful."

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

"Grace" and "wing"

"Grief" and "wing"

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

An afternoon

Summer

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

"As Twilight long begun,"

"Too imperceptible at last"

"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 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

Twenty two

Sixty

Thirteen
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

Highlights the subtlety of summer's exit

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

1861

1891

1906
25 What is summer a metaphor for in the poem?
The cruelty of fate

The power of belief

The brevity of the seasons

The imperceptibility of time and the loss it causes

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