Warming Her Pearls Quizzes

Warming Her Pearls Quiz

1 To whom do the pearls belong?

The speaker's mistress

The speaker

The mistress's mother

One of the tall men
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 undresses her mistress

The mistress dances with men

The maid brushes her mistress's hair
3 Who does the speaker see in the looking-glass?

The lord

Herself

Her mistress

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

Silk and satin

Velvet and taffeta

Silk and taffeta

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

The maid sends her mistress off to the dance

The maid tries to steal the necklace from her mistress

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

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

The fabric of the mistress's dress

The mistress's French perfume

A faint, persistent scent

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

A feather

A rabbit's foot

A piece of taffeta

Her hand
8 What does the speaker see in the looking-glass?

The rabbit foot, a symbol of good luck

Her mistress

Herself

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

The mistress blushes, while the speaker sighs

The speaker compares the first to the second

The mistress blushes and sighs

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

The pearls’ absence

Her mistress’s rejection

The pearls that she has stolen in her pocket

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

carefully

willingly

clumsily

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

An imaginary woman's

The speaker's

Her mistress'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 her own home

In the basement

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?

A man from the dance coming home with her

Her mistress brushing her own hair

The pearls cooling
16 What color is the room that the mistress rests in?

Yellow

Red

Cream

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

because

for

when

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?

The pearl necklace

One of the mistress's fabrics

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

Crescent

Bright

New
22 The maid attends the dance with her mistress.

True

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

The maid's

A different servant's

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

On her mistress's wrist

In their case

In her own pocket

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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