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As imperceptibly as Grief Quiz

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

The speaker's fear of night

A death in the family

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

Summer

Fall

Winter
3 What does the word "keel" refer to?
A rare species of bird

A type of flower

A stabilizing structural element on a boat

A form of poetry
4 What is the meter of the poem?
Lines of iambic tetrameter and pentameter

Lines of iambic trimeter and tetrameter

Lines of dactylic hexameter

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

A snake in the grass

A beloved guest

A bird in flight
6 Which of the following poets is NOT known for writing about summer?
Emily Brontë

Sylvia Plath

William Shakespeare

Li Po
7 How does the speaker depict time progressing?
Vaguely

Confusingly

Slowly but with lots of attention being paid to it

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

Bored and irritated

Somber and doleful

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

Kindness

Intelligence

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

A beehive

Dusk

A summer day
11 What is the genre of the poem?
Love sonnet

Nature poetry

Light verse

War poetry
12 Emily Brontë characterizes summer as which of the following?
An anxiety-provoking period of time

An scorchingly hot portion of the year

A dangerous place to be avoided

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?
When dusk ends

When summer "leaps into the beautiful"

As twilight begins

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

Four

Six

Five
16 Which of the following lines has assonance?
"To seem like Perfidy —"

"As imperceptibly as Grief"

"Into the Beautiful."

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

"Away" and "perfidy"

"Grace" and "wing"

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

An afternoon

Dusk

The speaker
19 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"Too imperceptible at last"

"The Dusk drew earlier in —"

"As Twilight long begun,"

"Our Summer made her light escape"
20 How does the speaker feel about summer?
She doesn't want it to end

She dislikes it

She hardly notices it

She endures it without complaint
21 Which of the following is NOT a stylistic element in the poem?
Stream of consciousness

Slant rhyme

Unconventional capitalization

Dashes
22 How many lines does the poem have?
Sixteen

Thirteen

Sixty

Twenty two
23 What function does the symbol of the keel serve in the text?
Highlights the subtlety of summer's exit

Situates the poem on stormy seas

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

1906

1891

1861
25 What is summer a metaphor for in the poem?
The cruelty of fate

The brevity of the seasons

The imperceptibility of time and the loss it causes

The power of belief

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