Warming Her Pearls Quizzes

Warming Her Pearls Quiz

1 To whom do the pearls belong?
The speaker

The mistress's mother

One of the tall men

The speaker's mistress
2 Which of the following does NOT happen in the evening described in the poem?
The maid imagines her mistress from her bed

The maid brushes her mistress's hair

The mistress dances with men

The maid undresses her mistress
3 Who does the speaker see in the looking-glass?
The lord

Her mistress

A tall, anonymous man

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

Velvet and satin

Silk and satin

Velvet and taffeta
5 What happens at the very end of the poem?
The speaker lies in bed, thinking of her mistress

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
6 What do "tall men" notice when dancing with the speaker's mistress?
The mistress's beauty

The mistress's French perfume

The fabric of the mistress's dress

A faint, persistent scent
7 What does the speaker use to dust her mistress's shoulders?
A feather

A piece of taffeta

Her hand

A rabbit's foot
8 What does the speaker see in the looking-glass?
Herself

Her mistress

The rabbit foot, a symbol of good luck

The pearl necklace on her neck
9 How do the "soft blush" and "indolent sigh" connect?
The mistress blushes and sighs

The speaker compares the first to the second

Both are in the speaker's imagination

The mistress blushes, while the speaker sighs
10 What burns the speaker?
Her mistress’s rejection

The pearls’ absence

The thought of her mistress dancing with men

The pearls that she has stolen in her pocket
11 She fans herself whilst I work _________
carefully

willingly

clumsily

slowly
12 Whose "red lips" are mentioned in the poem?
Her mistress's

The speaker's

An imaginary woman's

The tall men
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 her own home

In the attic
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

Red

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

for

when

because
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 belt

One of the mistress's fabrics

The mistress's hair

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

True
21 How does the speaker describe the moon?
Full

Crescent

New

Bright
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 maid's

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

In their case

On her mistress's wrist

Around her mistress's neck
25 Who in this poem is "puzzled?"
The speaker

The mistress's mother

The mistress

The "tall men," the mistress's suitors

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