Warming Her Pearls Quizzes

Warming Her Pearls Quiz

1 To whom do the pearls belong?

The speaker's mistress

The speaker

One of the tall men

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

The maid undresses her mistress

The maid brushes her mistress's hair

The mistress dances with men

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

The lord

Herself

A tall, anonymous man

Her mistress
4 What fabrics does the mistress choose between?

Velvet and taffeta

Velvet and satin

Silk and taffeta

Silk and satin
5 What happens at the very end of the poem?

The speaker lies in bed, thinking of her mistress

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

The maid tries to steal the necklace from her mistress

The maid sends her mistress off to the dance
6 What do "tall men" notice when dancing with the speaker's mistress?

The mistress's beauty

The mistress's French perfume

A faint, persistent scent

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

A rabbit's foot

Her hand

A piece of taffeta

A feather
8 What does the speaker see in the looking-glass?

The rabbit foot, a symbol of good luck

Herself

The pearl necklace on her neck

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

The mistress blushes and sighs

The speaker compares the first to the second

The mistress blushes, while the speaker sighs

Both are in the speaker's imagination
10 What burns the speaker?

The pearls that she has stolen in her pocket

The pearls’ absence

Her mistress’s rejection

The thought of her mistress dancing with men
11 She fans herself whilst I work _________

slowly

willingly

clumsily

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

The tall men

The speaker's

An imaginary woman's

Her mistress's
13 The speaker is waiting in her mistress's room when she returns.

False

True
14 Where does the speaker sleep?

In the basement

In her own home

In the attic

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

Her mistress brushing her own hair

The pearls cooling

A man from the dance coming home with her
16 What color is the room that the mistress rests in?

Blue

Yellow

Red

Cream
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.

True

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

One of the mistress's fabrics

The mistress's hair

The pearl necklace

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

True

False
21 How does the speaker describe the moon?

Crescent

Full

New

Bright
22 The maid attends the dance with her mistress.

True

False
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?

Around her mistress's neck

In their case

In her own pocket

On her mistress's wrist
25 Who in this poem is "puzzled?"

The "tall men," the mistress's suitors

The mistress's mother

The speaker

The mistress

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