As imperceptibly as Grief Quizzes

As imperceptibly as Grief Quiz

1 What is the main subject of the poem?

The beauty of the afternoon

The passage of time

A death in the family

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

Spring

Fall

Summer

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

A form of poetry

A type of flower

A stabilizing structural element on a boat

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

Lines of dactylic hexameter

Lines of trochaic pentameter

Lines of iambic tetrameter and pentameter

Lines of iambic trimeter and tetrameter
5 What does the speaker compare summer to?

The pull of the tide

A beloved guest

A snake in the grass

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

Li Po

Sylvia Plath

William Shakespeare

Emily Brontë
7 How does the speaker depict time progressing?

Slowly but with lots of attention being paid to it

Vaguely

Imperceptibly but with dramatic aftereffects

Confusingly
8 What best characterizes the tone of the poem?

Pointed and dramatic

Somber and doleful

Wistful and melancholy

Bored and irritated
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 beehive

Dusk

A summer day

Twilight
11 What is the genre of the poem?

Nature poetry

Light verse

War poetry

Love sonnet
12 Emily Brontë characterizes summer as which of the following?

An scorchingly hot portion of the year

A dangerous place to be avoided

A serene space for daydreaming

An anxiety-provoking period of time
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 winter draws to a close

When summer "leaps into the beautiful"

As twilight begins

When dusk ends
15 How many stanzas does the poem contain?

Five

Four

One

Six
16 Which of the following lines has assonance?

"The Morning foreign shone —"

"As imperceptibly as Grief"

"Into the Beautiful."

"To seem like Perfidy —"
17 Which pairing of words forms a slant rhyme in the poem?

"Away" and "perfidy"

"Grief" and "wing"

"Distilled" and "herself"

"Grace" and "wing"
18 What does the word "sequestered" describe in the poem?

Dusk

Summer

The speaker

An afternoon
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 doesn't want it to end

She dislikes it

She hardly notices it
21 Which of the following is NOT a stylistic element in the poem?

Stream of consciousness

Unconventional capitalization

Slant rhyme

Dashes
22 How many lines does the poem have?

Twenty two

Sixty

Sixteen

Thirteen
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

Reveals that the speaker is captain of a whaling ship

Highlights the subtlety of summer's exit
24 When was the poem published?

1896

1891

1906

1861
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

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