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As imperceptibly as Grief Quiz

1 What is the main subject of the poem?
The passage of time

The beauty of the afternoon

A death in the family

The speaker's fear of night
2 What season does the speaker describe in depth?
Summer

Winter

Spring

Fall
3 What does the word "keel" refer to?
A type of flower

A stabilizing structural element on a boat

A rare species of bird

A form of poetry
4 What is the meter of the poem?
Lines of dactylic hexameter

Lines of iambic trimeter and tetrameter

Lines of trochaic pentameter

Lines of iambic tetrameter and pentameter
5 What does the speaker compare summer to?
A snake in the grass

A bird in flight

The pull of the tide

A beloved guest
6 Which of the following poets is NOT known for writing about summer?
Sylvia Plath

Li Po

William Shakespeare

Emily Brontë
7 How does the speaker depict time progressing?
Confusingly

Imperceptibly but with dramatic aftereffects

Vaguely

Slowly but with lots of attention being paid to it
8 What best characterizes the tone of the poem?
Somber and doleful

Pointed and dramatic

Bored and irritated

Wistful and melancholy
9 What does "perfidy" mean in the poem?
Thriftiness

Intelligence

Deceit

Kindness
10 Which of the following is NOT an image in the poem?
Dusk

Twilight

A summer day

A beehive
11 What is the genre of the poem?
Light verse

Love sonnet

War poetry

Nature poetry
12 Emily Brontë characterizes summer as which of the following?
An scorchingly hot portion of the year

A dangerous place to be avoided

An anxiety-provoking period of time

A serene space for daydreaming
13 Where is the central conflict of the poem?
Between summer and the speaker

Between autumn and the passage of time

Between the speaker and the passage of time

Between Emily Dickinson and Emily Brontë
14 What is the climax of the poem?
When summer "leaps into the beautiful"

As winter draws to a close

When dusk ends

As twilight begins
15 How many stanzas does the poem contain?
Four

Six

One

Five
16 Which of the following lines has assonance?
"Into the Beautiful."

"To seem like Perfidy —"

"As imperceptibly as Grief"

"The Morning foreign shone —"
17 Which pairing of words forms a slant rhyme in the poem?
"Away" and "perfidy"

"Grace" and "wing"

"Grief" and "wing"

"Distilled" and "herself"
18 What does the word "sequestered" describe in the poem?
An afternoon

The speaker

Summer

Dusk
19 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"The Dusk drew earlier in —"

"As Twilight long begun,"

"Our Summer made her light escape"

"Too imperceptible at last"
20 How does the speaker feel about summer?
She endures it without complaint

She hardly notices it

She doesn't want it to end

She dislikes it
21 Which of the following is NOT a stylistic element in the poem?
Dashes

Slant rhyme

Unconventional capitalization

Stream of consciousness
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?
Places the poem in the dead of winter

Situates the poem on stormy seas

Highlights the subtlety of summer's exit

Reveals that the speaker is captain of a whaling ship
24 When was the poem published?
1861

1906

1891

1896
25 What is summer a metaphor for in the poem?
The cruelty of fate

The imperceptibility of time and the loss it causes

The power of belief

The brevity of the seasons

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