Warming Her Pearls Quizzes

Warming Her Pearls Quiz

1 To whom do the pearls belong?
The mistress's mother

One of the tall men

The speaker's mistress

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 brushes her mistress's hair

The maid undresses her mistress
3 Who does the speaker see in the looking-glass?
Herself

The lord

Her mistress

A tall, anonymous man
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 maid sends her mistress off to the dance

The speaker lies in bed, thinking of her mistress
6 What do "tall men" notice when dancing with the speaker's mistress?
The fabric of the mistress's dress

The mistress's French perfume

The mistress's beauty

A faint, persistent scent
7 What does the speaker use to dust her mistress's shoulders?
Her hand

A feather

A piece of taffeta

A rabbit's foot
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?
The mistress blushes and sighs

The mistress blushes, while the speaker sighs

The speaker compares the first to the second

Both are in the speaker's imagination
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

willingly

clumsily

slowly
12 Whose "red lips" are mentioned in the poem?
Her mistress's

The tall men

The speaker's

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

False

True
14 Where does the speaker sleep?
In her mistress's room

In her own home

In the attic

In the basement
15 What does the speaker imagine happening in her mistress's room after she comes home from dancing?
A man from the dance coming home with her

The pearls cooling

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

Blue

Red

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

when

as though

for
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 hair

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

False
21 How does the speaker describe the moon?
Bright

New

Full

Crescent
22 The maid attends the dance with her mistress.
False

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

A different servant's

The mistress's

The maid's
24 Where does the speaker imagine placing the pearls?
On her mistress's wrist

In her own pocket

Around her mistress's neck

In their case
25 Who in this poem is "puzzled?"
The "tall men," the mistress's suitors

The speaker

The mistress's mother

The mistress

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