Warming Her Pearls Quizzes

Warming Her Pearls Quiz

1 To whom do the pearls belong?
The speaker

One of the tall men

The speaker's mistress

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 mistress dances with men

The maid brushes her mistress's hair

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

Her mistress

The lord

A tall, anonymous man
4 What fabrics does the mistress choose between?
Silk and satin

Velvet and taffeta

Velvet and satin

Silk and taffeta
5 What happens at the very end of the poem?
The mistress comes home to the speaker, who helps her undress

The speaker lies in bed, thinking of her mistress

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 beauty

The fabric of the mistress's dress

The mistress's French perfume
7 What does the speaker use to dust her mistress's shoulders?
A rabbit's foot

Her hand

A feather

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

The pearl necklace on her neck

The rabbit foot, a symbol of good luck

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?
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 _________
willingly

carefully

clumsily

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

The speaker's

The tall men

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?
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

Cream

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?
One of the mistress's fabrics

The mistress's hair

The mistress's belt

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

False
21 How does the speaker describe the moon?
Crescent

Full

Bright

New
22 The maid attends the dance with her mistress.

False

True
23 Whose "slim hand" is mentioned in the poem?
The mistress's

The maid's

A different servant's
24 Where does the speaker imagine placing the pearls?
On her mistress's wrist

Around her mistress's neck

In their case

In her own pocket
25 Who in this poem is "puzzled?"
The "tall men," the mistress's suitors

The mistress

The speaker

The mistress's mother

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