Warming Her Pearls Quizzes

Warming Her Pearls Quiz

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

The speaker

The mistress's mother

The speaker's mistress
2 Which of the following does NOT happen in the evening described in the poem?
The maid brushes her mistress's hair

The maid undresses her mistress

The maid imagines her mistress from her bed

The mistress dances with men
3 Who does the speaker see in the looking-glass?
A tall, anonymous man

Her mistress

The lord

Herself
4 What fabrics does the mistress choose between?
Silk and taffeta

Silk and satin

Velvet and satin

Velvet and taffeta
5 What happens at the very end of the poem?
The maid sends her mistress off to the dance

The maid tries to steal the necklace from her mistress

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?
A faint, persistent scent

The mistress's beauty

The fabric of the mistress's dress

The mistress's French perfume
7 What does the speaker use to dust her mistress's shoulders?
A feather

Her hand

A rabbit's foot

A piece of taffeta
8 What does the speaker see in the looking-glass?
The pearl necklace on her neck

The rabbit foot, a symbol of good luck

Herself

Her mistress
9 How do the "soft blush" and "indolent sigh" connect?
Both are in the speaker's imagination

The speaker compares the first to the second

The mistress blushes, while the speaker sighs

The mistress blushes and sighs
10 What burns the speaker?
The pearls that she has stolen in her pocket

Her mistress’s rejection

The pearls’ absence

The thought of her mistress dancing with men
11 She fans herself whilst I work _________
carefully

slowly

clumsily

willingly
12 Whose "red lips" are mentioned in the poem?
The speaker's

The tall men

Her mistress's

An imaginary woman's
13 The speaker is waiting in her mistress's room when she returns.
True

False
14 Where does the speaker sleep?
In the attic

In the basement

In her own home

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

A man from the dance coming home with her

Her mistress brushing her own hair
16 What color is the room that the mistress rests in?
Cream

Red

Yellow

Blue
17 "In her looking-glass/my red lips part _________ I want to speak."
when

for

because

as though
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 mistress's hair

One of the mistress's fabrics

The mistress's belt

The pearl necklace
20 The speaker attends the ball with her mistress.
False

True
21 How does the speaker describe the moon?
Crescent

Bright

Full

New
22 The maid attends the dance with her mistress.

True

False
23 Whose "slim hand" is mentioned in the poem?
The mistress's

A different servant's

The maid's
24 Where does the speaker imagine placing the pearls?
In her own pocket

On her mistress's wrist

Around her mistress's neck

In their case
25 Who in this poem is "puzzled?"
The mistress's mother

The mistress

The "tall men," the mistress's suitors

The speaker

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