1 Where was H.D. born? Connecticut Pennsylvania New York Israel 2 Where did H.D. first attend college? Bryn Mawr Bates Boston College Bowdoin 3 What famous poet was a classmate of H.D.? Elizabeth Bishop Gertrude Stein Marianne Moore T.S. Eliot 4 What kind of mythology did H.D. often use in her work? Christian Jewish German Greek 5 How many siblings did H.D. have? 3 5 6 4 6 What does H.D. stand for? Harriet Donne Helga Donnelly Hilda Doolittle Henrietta Davis 7 What two famous male poets were particularly important in H.D.'s early poetic career? W.S. Merwin and e.e. cummings Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams Archibald MacLeish and John Ashbery T.S. Eliot and Robert Frost 8 When did H.D. first travel to Europe? 1899 1911 1912 1920 9 What was H.D.'s first collection titled? Ripostes Sea Garden Helena Heliodora 10 What year did H.D. die? 1974 1920 1947 1961 11 How does H.D. first describe the sea rose in her poem "Sea Rose"? brutal tender haggard harsh 12 In what stanza of "Sea Rose" does the reader begin to understand H.D.'s perspective on the sea rose? third first fourth second 13 Does H.D. demonstrate in "Sea Rose" her admiration of the physical beauty of women? Only at the end of the poem Only in the third stanza No Yes 14 In what stanza of "Sea Rose" does H.D. shift to second person? second fourth she doesn't third 15 What movement does H.D.'s poem "Sea Rose" contribute to? Conservation movement Civil Rights movement Feminist movement Nativist movement 16 What traumatic event occurred right before H.D. wrote "Sea Rose"? Stillbirth Father's death Car accident WWII 17 What word has an unexpectedly positive connotation in the last stanza of "Sea Rose"? Spice-rose Single Leaf Acrid 18 How is the sand described in "Sea Rose"? Drifting Harsh Hardened Crisp 19 What is the sea rose a symbol for in "Sea Rose"? The uglier, more shameful parts of life The substantive, underrated qualities of femininity A woman that is comfortable conforming to society's expectations Masculine traits in women that make them appealing 20 What does the physical movement of the sea rose in "Sea Rose" represent? Freedom Rebellion Defeat Hardship 21 What trait does H.D. seem to think is an overrated determinant of value in "Sea Rose"? Rustic wildness Physical strength Aesthetic perfection Hearty resilience 22 When was "Sea Rose" published? 1918 1916 1905 1952 23 What is the sea rose "more precious" than in "Sea Rose"? The traditional rose A lone leaf Time in nature The sea itself 24 What effect does the poem's final question have? It makes the reader realize that roses are often overrated It makes the reader question how fragrance affects the psyche It suggests that there is more to femininity than sweetness and beauty It challenges whether men should care how women smell 25 In "Sea Rose" the speaker addresses the sea rose, saying "You are caught in the drift." How might we interpret this allegorically? The sea rose longs to be like the traditional rose The sea rose has been affected and changed by the tumult of life The sea rose is one with the earth's history The sea rose has succumbed to apathy and submission
