1 What is the main subject of the poem? The beauty of the afternoon The speaker's fear of night The passage of time A death in the family 2 What season does the speaker describe in depth? Fall Spring Summer Winter 3 What does the word "keel" refer to? A rare species of bird A form of poetry A type of flower A stabilizing structural element on a boat 4 What is the meter of the poem? Lines of trochaic pentameter Lines of dactylic hexameter Lines of iambic trimeter and tetrameter Lines of iambic tetrameter and pentameter 5 What does the speaker compare summer to? The pull of the tide A beloved guest A bird in flight A snake in the grass 6 Which of the following poets is NOT known for writing about summer? Emily Brontë Sylvia Plath Li Po William Shakespeare 7 How does the speaker depict time progressing? Imperceptibly but with dramatic aftereffects Confusingly Slowly but with lots of attention being paid to it Vaguely 8 What best characterizes the tone of the poem? Wistful and melancholy Bored and irritated Somber and doleful Pointed and dramatic 9 What does "perfidy" mean in the poem? Thriftiness Intelligence Kindness Deceit 10 Which of the following is NOT an image in the poem? A summer day Dusk Twilight A beehive 11 What is the genre of the poem? War poetry Love sonnet Light verse Nature poetry 12 Emily Brontë characterizes summer as which of the following? An anxiety-provoking period of time A dangerous place to be avoided An scorchingly hot portion of the year A serene space for daydreaming 13 Where is the central conflict of the poem? Between Emily Dickinson and Emily Brontë Between autumn and the passage of time Between the speaker and the passage of time Between summer and the speaker 14 What is the climax of the poem? As twilight begins As winter draws to a close When summer "leaps into the beautiful" When dusk ends 15 How many stanzas does the poem contain? Four Five Six One 16 Which of the following lines has assonance? "As imperceptibly as Grief" "Into the Beautiful." "To seem like Perfidy —" "The Morning foreign shone —" 17 Which pairing of words forms a slant rhyme in the poem? "Distilled" and "herself" "Grace" and "wing" "Grief" and "wing" "Away" and "perfidy" 18 What does the word "sequestered" describe in the poem? The speaker An afternoon Dusk Summer 19 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "Too imperceptible at last" "The Dusk drew earlier in —" "Our Summer made her light escape" "As Twilight long begun," 20 How does the speaker feel about summer? She hardly notices it She endures it without complaint She doesn't want it to end She dislikes it 21 Which of the following is NOT a stylistic element in the poem? Unconventional capitalization Stream of consciousness Slant rhyme Dashes 22 How many lines does the poem have? Twenty two Thirteen Sixteen Sixty 23 What function does the symbol of the keel serve in the text? Situates the poem on stormy seas Highlights the subtlety of summer's exit Places the poem in the dead of winter Reveals that the speaker is captain of a whaling ship 24 When was the poem published? 1896 1891 1861 1906 25 What is summer a metaphor for in the poem? The brevity of the seasons The cruelty of fate The imperceptibility of time and the loss it causes The power of belief