1 When was the poem first published? 1902 1844 1837 1905 2 What does the word "defile" mean in the poem? File away Rip Spoil Place carefully 3 What does the poem begin with a description of? The woman's hands The woman's faded beauty and happiness A love letter The woman's photo in a locket 4 What is the perspective of the poem? Third-person It varies Second-person First-person 5 What novel is Emily Brontë famous for writing? Jane Eyre Wuthering Heights Shirley Agnes Grey 6 Which of the following lines contains assonance? "'Dearest, ever deem me true';" "Paints their image on the mind." "Mold and damp the face defile." "But that lock of silky hair," 7 Which of the following is NOT a theme in the poem? Healing Aging Neglect Memory 8 What type of stanzas does the poem contain? Sextets Couplets Quatrains Octaves 9 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem? ABAC ABAB ABBA ABCB 10 To what does the speaker compare the woman's faded beauty in the first stanza? A frozen lake A wilted flower A pile of leaves A dead tree 11 What does the woman's hand symbolize in the third stanza? Her former beauty and happiness Her good penmanship Her poetic ability Her current depression 12 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "But that lock of silky hair," "Half the sweet enchanting smile;" "Swiftly flew the fingers fine" "Paints their image on the mind." 13 What does the line "Tells what once those features were" mean in the poem? The woman's former beloved remembers her fondly Traces of the woman's beauty suggest what she used to look like A portrait of the woman shows what she looked like when she was younger The woman carries a locket around 14 What is the poem's genre? Haiku War epic Elizabethan poetry Victorian poetry 15 What were Brontë's sisters' names? Sylvia and Lavinia Jane and Elizabeth Lydia and Mary Anne and Charlotte 16 When was the poem originally written? 1905 1837 1840 1848 17 Where was Brontë born? Cornwall London Devonshire Thornton 18 How long is the poem? Six stanzas Two stanzas One stanza Three stanzas 19 What is the climax of the poem? The speaker remembering an important detail The speaker vanishing from the story The protagonist looking into a mirror The protagonist writing a letter 20 What is it implied the woman no longer has? Her lover Her home Her sense of self Her family 21 What is the main conflict of the poem? The woman's fractured family The woman's suffering from time and neglect The woman's broken marriage The woman's financial troubles 22 How does the rhyme scheme of the poem affect its stanzas? It limits Brontë's word choice It organizes them into four-line statements It makes them musical It serves no practical purpose 23 What is the woman writing at the end of the poem? A sonnet A love letter A birthday card A novel 24 When does the speaker appear in the poem? The first stanza Never The second stanza The third stanza 25 What is the tone of the poem? Dour Rueful Tragic Wry
