Warming Her Pearls Quizzes

Warming Her Pearls Quiz

1 To whom do the pearls belong?
One of the tall men

The speaker's mistress

The mistress's mother

The speaker
2 Which of the following does NOT happen in the evening described in the poem?
The maid imagines her mistress from her bed

The mistress dances with men

The maid undresses her mistress

The maid brushes her mistress's hair
3 Who does the speaker see in the looking-glass?
Her mistress

Herself

The lord

A tall, anonymous man
4 What fabrics does the mistress choose between?
Velvet and taffeta

Silk and taffeta

Velvet and satin

Silk and satin
5 What happens at the very end of the poem?
The maid tries to steal the necklace from her mistress

The maid sends her mistress off to the dance

The speaker lies in bed, thinking of her mistress

The mistress comes home to the speaker, who helps her undress
6 What do "tall men" notice when dancing with the speaker's mistress?
The mistress's French perfume

The mistress's beauty

A faint, persistent scent

The fabric of the mistress's dress
7 What does the speaker use to dust her mistress's shoulders?
A feather

A rabbit's foot

A piece of taffeta

Her hand
8 What does the speaker see in the looking-glass?
The rabbit foot, a symbol of good luck

Herself

The pearl necklace on her neck

Her mistress
9 How do the "soft blush" and "indolent sigh" connect?
The mistress blushes and sighs

The mistress blushes, while the speaker sighs

Both are in the speaker's imagination

The speaker compares the first to the second
10 What burns the speaker?
The pearls’ absence

The thought of her mistress dancing with men

The pearls that she has stolen in her pocket

Her mistress’s rejection
11 She fans herself whilst I work _________
carefully

clumsily

willingly

slowly
12 Whose "red lips" are mentioned in the poem?
An imaginary woman's

The speaker's

Her mistress's

The tall men
13 The speaker is waiting in her mistress's room when she returns.
True

False
14 Where does the speaker sleep?
In her own home

In her mistress's room

In the basement

In the attic
15 What does the speaker imagine happening in her mistress's room after she comes home from dancing?
The pearls cooling

Her mistress brushing her own hair

A man from the dance coming home with her
16 What color is the room that the mistress rests in?
Blue

Cream

Red

Yellow
17 "In her looking-glass/my red lips part _________ I want to speak."
as though

because

for

when
18 The speaker is associated with coolness, while her mistress is associated with warmth.

False

True
19 What does "her rope" refer to in this poem?
The pearl necklace

One of the mistress's fabrics

The mistress's belt

The mistress's hair
20 The speaker attends the ball with her mistress.

True

False
21 How does the speaker describe the moon?
New

Crescent

Full

Bright
22 The maid attends the dance with her mistress.
True

False
23 Whose "slim hand" is mentioned in the poem?

The maid's

The mistress's

A different servant's
24 Where does the speaker imagine placing the pearls?
In their case

In her own pocket

On her mistress's wrist

Around her mistress's neck
25 Who in this poem is "puzzled?"
The speaker

The "tall men," the mistress's suitors

The mistress's mother

The mistress

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