Warming Her Pearls Quizzes

Warming Her Pearls Quiz

1 To whom do the pearls belong?

The speaker's mistress

One of the tall men

The speaker

The mistress's mother
2 Which of the following does NOT happen in the evening described in the poem?

The maid brushes her mistress's hair

The maid undresses her mistress

The mistress dances with men

The maid imagines her mistress from her bed
3 Who does the speaker see in the looking-glass?

Herself

The lord

A tall, anonymous man

Her mistress
4 What fabrics does the mistress choose between?

Velvet and satin

Silk and taffeta

Silk and satin

Velvet and taffeta
5 What happens at the very end of the poem?

The maid tries to steal the necklace from her mistress

The mistress comes home to the speaker, who helps her undress

The maid sends her mistress off to the dance

The speaker lies in bed, thinking of her mistress
6 What do "tall men" notice when dancing with the speaker's mistress?

The mistress's beauty

A faint, persistent scent

The mistress's French perfume

The fabric of the mistress's dress
7 What does the speaker use to dust her mistress's shoulders?

A rabbit's foot

A feather

Her hand

A piece of taffeta
8 What does the speaker see in the looking-glass?

Her mistress

The rabbit foot, a symbol of good luck

The pearl necklace on her neck

Herself
9 How do the "soft blush" and "indolent sigh" connect?

The speaker compares the first to the second

Both are in the speaker's imagination

The mistress blushes and sighs

The mistress blushes, while the speaker sighs
10 What burns the speaker?

The pearls’ absence

The pearls that she has stolen in her pocket

The thought of her mistress dancing with men

Her mistress’s rejection
11 She fans herself whilst I work _________

slowly

carefully

willingly

clumsily
12 Whose "red lips" are mentioned in the poem?

Her mistress's

The tall men

The speaker's

An imaginary woman's
13 The speaker is waiting in her mistress's room when she returns.

True

False
14 Where does the speaker sleep?

In her mistress's room

In the basement

In the attic

In her own home
15 What does the speaker imagine happening in her mistress's room after she comes home from dancing?

The pearls cooling

A man from the dance coming home with her

Her mistress brushing her own hair
16 What color is the room that the mistress rests in?

Red

Cream

Yellow

Blue
17 "In her looking-glass/my red lips part _________ I want to speak."

because

when

for

as though
18 The speaker is associated with coolness, while her mistress is associated with warmth.

False

True
19 What does "her rope" refer to in this poem?

One of the mistress's fabrics

The pearl necklace

The mistress's hair

The mistress's belt
20 The speaker attends the ball with her mistress.

False

True
21 How does the speaker describe the moon?

Full

Bright

Crescent

New
22 The maid attends the dance with her mistress.

False

True
23 Whose "slim hand" is mentioned in the poem?

A different servant's

The mistress's

The maid's
24 Where does the speaker imagine placing the pearls?

In her own pocket

Around her mistress's neck

On her mistress's wrist

In their case
25 Who in this poem is "puzzled?"

The mistress

The mistress's mother

The speaker

The "tall men," the mistress's suitors

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