As imperceptibly as Grief Quizzes

As imperceptibly as Grief Quiz

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1 What is the main subject of the poem?

A death in the family

The passage of time

The speaker's fear of night

The beauty of the afternoon
2 What season does the speaker describe in depth?

Summer

Spring

Winter

Fall
3 What does the word "keel" refer to?

A stabilizing structural element on a boat

A type of flower

A form of poetry

A rare species of bird
4 What is the meter of the poem?

Lines of iambic trimeter and tetrameter

Lines of dactylic hexameter

Lines of iambic tetrameter and pentameter

Lines of trochaic pentameter
5 What does the speaker compare summer to?

A beloved guest

The pull of the tide

A bird in flight

A snake in the grass
6 Which of the following poets is NOT known for writing about summer?

William Shakespeare

Li Po

Sylvia Plath

Emily Brontë
7 How does the speaker depict time progressing?

Confusingly

Vaguely

Slowly but with lots of attention being paid to it

Imperceptibly but with dramatic aftereffects
8 What best characterizes the tone of the poem?

Bored and irritated

Somber and doleful

Pointed and dramatic

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

Deceit

Kindness

Thriftiness

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

A beehive

A summer day

Twilight

Dusk
11 What is the genre of the poem?

Nature poetry

Light verse

Love sonnet

War poetry
12 Emily Brontë characterizes summer as which of the following?

An anxiety-provoking period of time

A serene space for daydreaming

A dangerous place to be avoided

An scorchingly hot portion of the year
13 Where is the central conflict of the poem?

Between the speaker and the passage of time

Between summer and the speaker

Between autumn and the passage of time

Between Emily Dickinson and Emily Brontë
14 What is the climax of the poem?

As twilight begins

When summer "leaps into the beautiful"

When dusk ends

As winter draws to a close
15 How many stanzas does the poem contain?

Six

One

Four

Five
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?

"Grief" and "wing"

"Grace" and "wing"

"Away" and "perfidy"

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

An afternoon

Dusk

The speaker

Summer
19 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?

"The Dusk drew earlier in —"

"Our Summer made her light escape"

"As Twilight long begun,"

"Too imperceptible at last"
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?

Stream of consciousness

Unconventional capitalization

Dashes

Slant rhyme
22 How many lines does the poem have?

Thirteen

Twenty two

Sixteen

Sixty
23 What function does the symbol of the keel serve in the text?

Places the poem in the dead of winter

Reveals that the speaker is captain of a whaling ship

Highlights the subtlety of summer's exit

Situates the poem on stormy seas
24 When was the poem published?

1861

1896

1906

1891
25 What is summer a metaphor for in the poem?

The brevity of the seasons

The imperceptibility of time and the loss it causes

The cruelty of fate

The power of belief

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