As imperceptibly as Grief Quizzes

As imperceptibly as Grief Quiz

1 What is the main subject of the poem?

The passage of time

The speaker's fear of night

The beauty of the afternoon

A death in the family
2 What season does the speaker describe in depth?

Spring

Fall

Winter

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

A type of flower

A rare species of bird

A stabilizing structural element on a boat

A form of poetry
4 What is the meter of the poem?

Lines of trochaic pentameter

Lines of iambic trimeter and tetrameter

Lines of iambic tetrameter and pentameter

Lines of dactylic hexameter
5 What does the speaker compare summer to?

A beloved guest

A bird in flight

The pull of the tide

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

Li Po

Emily Brontë

William Shakespeare

Sylvia Plath
7 How does the speaker depict time progressing?

Vaguely

Imperceptibly but with dramatic aftereffects

Confusingly

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

Bored and irritated

Pointed and dramatic

Wistful and melancholy

Somber and doleful
9 What does "perfidy" mean in the poem?

Intelligence

Kindness

Deceit

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

Twilight

A summer day

A beehive

Dusk
11 What is the genre of the poem?

Light verse

Love sonnet

Nature poetry

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

A dangerous place to be avoided

A serene space for daydreaming

An scorchingly hot portion of the year

An anxiety-provoking period of time
13 Where is the central conflict of the poem?

Between the speaker and the passage of time

Between autumn and the passage of time

Between summer and the speaker

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

When summer "leaps into the beautiful"

As twilight begins

As winter draws to a close

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

One

Five

Four

Six
16 Which of the following lines has assonance?

"Into the Beautiful."

"The Morning foreign shone —"

"As imperceptibly as Grief"

"To seem like Perfidy —"
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?

The speaker

Summer

Dusk

An afternoon
19 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?

"As Twilight long begun,"

"Too imperceptible at last"

"Our Summer made her light escape"

"The Dusk drew earlier in —"
20 How does the speaker feel about summer?

She doesn't want it to end

She hardly notices it

She dislikes it

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

Dashes

Stream of consciousness

Unconventional capitalization

Slant rhyme
22 How many lines does the poem have?

Twenty two

Thirteen

Sixty

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

Situates the poem on stormy seas

Places the poem in the dead of winter

Highlights the subtlety of summer's exit

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

1861

1891

1896

1906
25 What is summer a metaphor for in the poem?

The brevity of the seasons

The power of belief

The imperceptibility of time and the loss it causes

The cruelty of fate

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