Warming Her Pearls Quizzes

Warming Her Pearls Quiz

1 To whom do the pearls belong?
The speaker's mistress

The mistress's mother

One of the tall men

The speaker
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

A tall, anonymous man

Her mistress

Herself
4 What fabrics does the mistress choose between?
Velvet and taffeta

Silk and taffeta

Velvet and satin

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 sends her mistress off to the dance

The maid tries to steal the necklace from her mistress
6 What do "tall men" notice when dancing with the speaker's mistress?
A faint, persistent scent

The mistress's French perfume

The fabric of the mistress's dress

The mistress's beauty
7 What does the speaker use to dust her mistress's shoulders?
Her hand

A rabbit's foot

A piece of taffeta

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

Her mistress

The pearl necklace on her neck

The rabbit foot, a symbol of good luck
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, while the speaker sighs

The mistress blushes and sighs
10 What burns the speaker?
The pearls’ absence

The pearls that she has stolen in her pocket

Her mistress’s rejection

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

willingly

carefully

slowly
12 Whose "red lips" are mentioned in the poem?
The speaker's

Her mistress's

An imaginary woman's

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

False

True
14 Where does the speaker sleep?
In the attic

In her own home

In her mistress's room

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

Her mistress brushing her own hair

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

Yellow

Blue

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

because

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?
The mistress's hair

The mistress's belt

One of the mistress's fabrics

The pearl necklace
20 The speaker attends the ball with her mistress.

False

True
21 How does the speaker describe the moon?
New

Crescent

Bright

Full
22 The maid attends the dance with her mistress.

True

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

The mistress's

A different servant's

The maid's
24 Where does the speaker imagine placing the pearls?
In her own pocket

Around her mistress's neck

In their case

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

The mistress's mother

The "tall men," the mistress's suitors

The mistress

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