Warming Her Pearls Quizzes

Warming Her Pearls Quiz

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

One of the tall men

The mistress's mother

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

The mistress dances with men

The maid undresses her mistress

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

A tall, anonymous man

The lord

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

The maid tries to steal the necklace from her mistress

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

The fabric of the mistress's dress

A faint, persistent scent

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

A feather

A rabbit's foot

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

The rabbit foot, a symbol of good luck

The pearl necklace on her neck

Herself
9 How do the "soft blush" and "indolent sigh" connect?
Both are in the speaker's imagination

The speaker compares the first to the second

The mistress blushes, while the speaker sighs

The mistress blushes and sighs
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 _________
clumsily

slowly

carefully

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

Her mistress'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 the basement

In her mistress's room

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?
Yellow

Blue

Red

Cream
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.
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.
False

True
21 How does the speaker describe the moon?
Full

Bright

Crescent

New
22 The maid attends the dance with her mistress.

False

True
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?
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 mistress

The "tall men," the mistress's suitors

The mistress's mother

The speaker

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