As imperceptibly as Grief Quizzes

As imperceptibly as Grief Quiz

1 What is the main subject of the poem?
The speaker's fear of night

The beauty of the afternoon

A death in the family

The passage of time
2 What season does the speaker describe in depth?
Fall

Winter

Spring

Summer
3 What does the word "keel" refer to?
A stabilizing structural element on a boat

A type of flower

A rare species of bird

A form of poetry
4 What is the meter of the poem?
Lines of trochaic pentameter

Lines of iambic tetrameter and pentameter

Lines of dactylic hexameter

Lines of iambic trimeter and tetrameter
5 What does the speaker compare summer to?
A bird in flight

A snake in the grass

The pull of the tide

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

Li Po

Sylvia Plath

William Shakespeare
7 How does the speaker depict time progressing?
Confusingly

Slowly but with lots of attention being paid to it

Vaguely

Imperceptibly but with dramatic aftereffects
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?
Deceit

Kindness

Thriftiness

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

Twilight

Dusk

A summer day
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?
A serene space for daydreaming

A dangerous place to be avoided

An anxiety-provoking period of time

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 Emily Dickinson and Emily Brontë

Between autumn and the passage of time

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

As twilight begins

When dusk ends

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

Four

Six

One
16 Which of the following lines has assonance?
"As imperceptibly as Grief"

"To seem like Perfidy —"

"Into the Beautiful."

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

"Grief" and "wing"

"Grace" and "wing"

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

An afternoon

The speaker

Summer
19 Which of the following lines contains alliteration?
"Our Summer made her light escape"

"Too imperceptible at last"

"The Dusk drew earlier in —"

"As Twilight long begun,"
20 How does the speaker feel about summer?
She doesn't want it to end

She endures it without complaint

She hardly notices it

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

Dashes

Unconventional capitalization

Slant rhyme
22 How many lines does the poem have?
Sixteen

Sixty

Twenty two

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

Places the poem in the dead of winter

Reveals that the speaker is captain of a whaling ship

Situates the poem on stormy seas
24 When was the poem published?
1891

1896

1906

1861
25 What is summer a metaphor for in the poem?
The imperceptibility of time and the loss it causes

The cruelty of fate

The power of belief

The brevity of the seasons

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