As imperceptibly as Grief Quizzes

As imperceptibly as Grief Quiz

1 What is the main subject of the poem?

The speaker's fear of night

The beauty of the afternoon

A death in the family

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

Fall

Spring

Summer

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

A stabilizing structural element on a boat

A form of poetry

A rare species of bird

A type of flower
4 What is the meter of the poem?

Lines of iambic trimeter and tetrameter

Lines of dactylic hexameter

Lines of iambic tetrameter and pentameter

Lines of trochaic pentameter
5 What does the speaker compare summer to?

The pull of the tide

A snake in the grass

A beloved guest

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

Li Po

William Shakespeare

Sylvia Plath

Emily Brontë
7 How does the speaker depict time progressing?

Imperceptibly but with dramatic aftereffects

Confusingly

Vaguely

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

Bored and irritated

Wistful and melancholy

Somber and doleful

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

Deceit

Kindness

Intelligence

Thriftiness
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?

Nature poetry

War poetry

Love sonnet

Light verse
12 Emily Brontë characterizes summer as which of the following?

A serene space for daydreaming

A dangerous place to be avoided

An scorchingly hot portion of the year

An anxiety-provoking period of time
13 Where is the central conflict of the poem?

Between Emily Dickinson and Emily Brontë

Between summer and the speaker

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

When summer "leaps into the beautiful"

As winter draws to a close

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

One

Five

Six

Four
16 Which of the following lines has assonance?

"As imperceptibly as Grief"

"To seem like Perfidy —"

"The Morning foreign shone —"

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

"Grief" and "wing"

"Away" and "perfidy"

"Distilled" and "herself"

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

Dusk

An afternoon

Summer

The speaker
19 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?

"As Twilight long begun,"

"Too imperceptible at last"

"The Dusk drew earlier in —"

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

She endures it without complaint

She doesn't want it to end

She hardly notices it

She dislikes 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?

Twenty two

Sixteen

Sixty

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

Reveals that the speaker is captain of a whaling ship

Places the poem in the dead of winter

Highlights the subtlety of summer's exit

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

1896

1891

1906

1861
25 What is summer a metaphor for in the poem?

The imperceptibility of time and the loss it causes

The brevity of the seasons

The cruelty of fate

The power of belief

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