Warming Her Pearls Quizzes

Warming Her Pearls Quiz

1 To whom do the pearls belong?
The speaker

The mistress's mother

The speaker's mistress

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

The maid imagines her mistress from her bed

The maid undresses her mistress

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?
Velvet and taffeta

Silk and satin

Silk and taffeta

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

The mistress comes home to the speaker, who helps her undress

The speaker lies in bed, thinking of her mistress

The maid sends her mistress off to the dance
6 What do "tall men" notice when dancing with the speaker's mistress?
A faint, persistent scent

The fabric of the mistress's dress

The mistress's beauty

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

A piece of taffeta

A rabbit's foot

Her hand
8 What does the speaker see in the looking-glass?
Her mistress

The rabbit foot, a symbol of good luck

Herself

The pearl necklace on her neck
9 How do the "soft blush" and "indolent sigh" connect?
The mistress blushes and sighs

Both are in the speaker's imagination

The speaker compares the first to the second

The mistress blushes, while the speaker sighs
10 What burns the speaker?
Her mistress’s rejection

The pearls’ absence

The pearls that she has stolen in her pocket

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

slowly

willingly

carefully
12 Whose "red lips" are mentioned in the poem?
The tall men

An imaginary woman's

Her mistress's

The speaker's
13 The speaker is waiting in her mistress's room when she returns.
False

True
14 Where does the speaker sleep?
In the basement

In the attic

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?
Her mistress brushing her own hair

The pearls cooling

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

Cream

Yellow

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

for

as though

because
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?
One of the mistress's fabrics

The pearl necklace

The mistress's hair

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

True
21 How does the speaker describe the moon?
New

Bright

Full

Crescent
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

On her mistress's wrist

Around her mistress's neck

In her own pocket
25 Who in this poem is "puzzled?"
The mistress

The speaker

The "tall men," the mistress's suitors

The mistress's mother

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