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As imperceptibly as Grief Quiz

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

A death in the family

The speaker's fear of night

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

Fall

Spring

Winter
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 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 snake in the grass

The pull of the tide

A bird in flight

A beloved guest
6 Which of the following poets is NOT known for writing about summer?
Li Po

William Shakespeare

Emily Brontë

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?
Pointed and dramatic

Somber and doleful

Bored and irritated

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

Intelligence

Thriftiness

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

Twilight

A beehive

A summer day
11 What is the genre of the poem?
Light verse

War poetry

Nature poetry

Love sonnet
12 Emily Brontë characterizes summer as which of the following?
A serene space for daydreaming

An anxiety-provoking period of time

A dangerous place to be avoided

An scorchingly hot portion of the year
13 Where is the central conflict of the poem?
Between summer and the speaker

Between autumn and the passage of time

Between Emily Dickinson and Emily Brontë

Between the speaker and the passage of time
14 What is the climax of the poem?
When dusk ends

As winter draws to a close

When summer "leaps into the beautiful"

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

Five

One

Six
16 Which of the following lines has assonance?
"As imperceptibly as Grief"

"Into the Beautiful."

"The Morning foreign shone —"

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

"Away" and "perfidy"

"Grief" and "wing"

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

An afternoon

Dusk

Summer
19 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"As Twilight long begun,"

"Too imperceptible at last"

"Our Summer made her light escape"

"The Dusk drew earlier in —"
20 How does the speaker feel about summer?
She dislikes it

She doesn't want it to end

She endures it without complaint

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

Stream of consciousness

Dashes

Unconventional capitalization
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?
Highlights the subtlety of summer's exit

Reveals that the speaker is captain of a whaling ship

Places the poem in the dead of winter

Situates the poem on stormy seas
24 When was the poem published?
1906

1896

1861

1891
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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