1 What are H.D.'s early poems known for? Their... strong hyperbole latent sarcasm clear imagery unusual euphony 2 When did H.D. publish her collection The Usual Star? 1934 1947 1926 1950 3 How many years after H.D.'s poems were first published was her first collection published? 10 7 3 2 4 To whom was she briefly engaged, but did not marry? Robert Frost William Carlos Williams T.S. Eliot Ezra Pound 5 Who did Richard Aldington have an affair with? Gertrude Stein Elizabeth Bishop Dorothy York Winifred Ellerman 6 How does H.D. first describe the hepaticas in "Evening"? shadowed petaled wide-spread blue 7 Why does the light "pass" in "Evening"? Because the sun goes behind a cloud Because the speaker is descending a mountain Because the speaker is reaching old age Because the sun is setting 8 What happens to the petals of the hepaticas in "Evening"? They turn purple They expand outward They reach inward They fall away 9 What do "blue tips" refer to in "Evening"? the roots of the hepaticas the tip of the hepatica petals the cornel-buds the peak of the mountain ridges 10 What is the "bluer heart" in "Evening"? The central river running through the two ridges The center of the hepatica The heart of the blue ridge mountains The melancholy of the speaker 11 What might "and the flowers are lost" represent on a symbolic level in "Evening"? oblivion, inwardness, loss of clarity, the unconscious the flowers all blend together and individuality dissipates the sun cannot find the hepaticas that blend into the blue mountain the evening represents the winter soon to strip the mountain of flowers 12 What gives the reader a hint that "Evening" is a poem of transition? The unusual commas and dashes sprinkled throughout It is clear the speaker wants to change, and is thinking among the hepaticas she describes Flower poems are always about transition, because of the seasons Words like "passes," "grow," "toward," "reach," "bend," and "seeks" 13 What might be symbolized by the line "the petals reach inward," in the poem "Evening"? The shrinking of flowers in the cold A shift of focus to internal life The loneliness of the petals, which seek contact The petals reaching for the pollen to nourish themselves 14 What is the immediate effect of the lines "from ridge to ridge, / from flower to flower—" in "Evening"? There is an undertone of sadness The reader observes that the speaker must be walking The repetition imitates the repetition in nursery rhymes The lines evoke a vast expanse of ridges and flowers 15 What kind of voice does the phrase "are lost" exemplify in "Evening"? Passive voice Second person Active voice Omnipotent narrator 16 Why must the speaker note that the "cornel-buds are still white" in "Evening"? Because night is coming and their lightness will fade Because only young cornel-buds are white Because the blue hepaticas create a bluish shadow Because cornel-buds change color in late summer 17 What do the words "dart," "creeps," "cut," and "seeks" evoke symbolically in "Evening"? The fading light creates a scene of occult shadow and mystery amidst a magnetic pull toward oblivion Doom is impending, and even the leaves, grass, and flowers begin to lose hope Although at the surface there are sharp movements, the natural world is at peace in its cycles Underneath all of the flowers there are many insects that demand recognition 18 Given H.D.'s interest in psychoanalysis, what might "shadow" refer to in the second stanza of "Evening"? The violence in our hearts The Oedipus Complex What is hidden in the unconscious mind The destruction that sometimes occurs in nature 19 What is a visual and conceptual theme in the poem "Evening"? The cowardice of those who keep secrets The minutiae of the individual amidst a shared expanse The trauma of death for a family during the war The way gender affects one's view of everything, even light and color 20 What words are repeated most in the poem "Evening"? Dart, seeks, bud, toward Light, flower, hepatica, grow Roots, leaf, lost, shadow Black, petals, night, ridge 21 What could the increasing darkness and loss of light and visibility symbolize in the poem "Evening"? The loss of clarity or understanding in the mind when a memory fades or the mind represses thoughts and feelings The mystery of the natural world, and how the more we seek to understand it, the more it will elude us The depression one often feels when alone, especially in nature, realizing that we will all eventually fade away The fact that the world is becoming dimmer over time, and humanity is losing its ability to remain enlightened 22 What, on a literal level, does the speaker refer to with the phrase "bluer heart" in the poem "Evening"? The blue of the darkening sky that makes flowers look blue The sad wilt of the flower at night The darker blue on the inside of a shadowy hepatica flower The pull of fate in the natural world 23 What does the speaker mean by the phrase "cornel-root" in the poem "Evening"? The root of the hepaticas, which are actually white at their core Vine-like white roots below the soil that emerge at night for air The root of the "cornel" flowers, most likely white flowers of the dogwood family The corner of the flower petals 24 When was the poem "Evening" written? 1916 1944 1917 1933 25 How does the passive phrase "are lost" affect the last line of the poem "Evening"? The phrase shows how even good poets like H.D. can be sloppy with their grammar The phrase is accusatory, evoking an underlying bitterness The phrase suggests a process is occurring that is somehow inevitable, and acts upon us The phrase insinuates a kind of the naivety intrinsic to every living thing
