1 What step does the heiress take to enhance her privacy? She lets her house fall into disrepair to discourage visitors She cuts off all of her relationships with friends and family She plans to move somewhere more isolated She buys properties surrounding hers 2 Why does the heiress desire privacy? She has become paranoid in her old age She has been spurned by an ex-lover She does not approve of her son's career as a bishop She is nostalgic for a time when social hierarchies were more prominent 3 What covers Blue Hill? Dead grass A thick layer of clouds A red fox stain A foot of snow and ice 4 What happens to the millionaire's yawl? It is auctioned off He hands it down to his son It sinks at sea It is mysteriously stolen 5 The decorator changes the colors in his shop to... red orange yellow green 6 The skunks search the streets for The speaker Something to eat Their lost kittens Prey to kill 7 The line "I myself am hell" is a reference to... Paradise Lost Lowell's mentor and friend, Allen Tate Shakespeare's Henry V The Bible 8 What word does the speaker use to describe the skunk's kittens? Wreath Shoal Stream Column 9 Which queen does this poem mention by name? Mary, Queen of Scots Anne Boleyn Queen Victoria Queen Elizabeth I 10 When the speaker looks at lovers in their cars, what does he observe just beyond them? The Trinitarian Church The ocean A graveyard Nautilus Island 11 The rhyme scheme is very strict and consistent. True n/a n/a False 12 The song that the speaker hears issuing from a radio says, "Love, O ____ Love" Ceaseless Careless Useless Crude 13 What does the speaker imagine he does to his "ill-spirit?" He has its hand to its throat He submits to its will He casts it out of himself He threatens it with an awl 14 Which of the following items does not appear in the decorator's shop? An awl An anchor A fishnet A cobbler's bench 15 Which word would best describe the decorator? Lonely Withdrawn Foolish Motivated 16 What structure does the speaker call "chalk-dry and spar"? Main Street The heiress's "Spartan cottage" His childhood home The Trinitarian Church 17 What about the millionaire does the speaker poke fun at? His decadence His passion for decorating His clothes His perceived stupidity 18 The first stanza mentions two characters related to the heiress. They are: Her son and her daughter Her son and her deceased husband Her daughter and her pastor Her son and her head farmer 19 Which of the following characters "seemed to leap from an L. L. Bean catalogue"? A man in one of the love-cars that the speaker observes. The heiress The summer millionaire The decorator 20 What would the decorator like to leave his career for? A career as a respected artist To travel To be closer to his family Marriage to a man 21 The speaker feels his "ill-spirit" in: His fingertips His blood cells His reflection His eyes 22 The skunks' eyes are described as blinded seething murky moonstruck 23 What season is on its way, according to this poem? spring winter summer fall 24 The speaker indicates that the decorator finds his work fulfilling but not profitable profitable but not fulfilling unfulfilling and unprofitable fulfilling and profitable 25 The speaker watches the skunk from the top of his back steps his bedroom window the steps of the Trinitarian Church his car
