1 What is the main subject of the poem? A death in the family The beauty of the afternoon The passage of time The speaker's fear of night 2 What season does the speaker describe in depth? Spring Winter Fall Summer 3 What does the word "keel" refer to? A rare species of bird A stabilizing structural element on a boat A form of poetry A type of flower 4 What is the meter of the poem? Lines of trochaic pentameter Lines of dactylic hexameter Lines of iambic trimeter and tetrameter Lines of iambic tetrameter and pentameter 5 What does the speaker compare summer to? A snake in the grass A beloved guest The pull of the tide A bird in flight 6 Which of the following poets is NOT known for writing about summer? William Shakespeare Sylvia Plath Li Po Emily Brontë 7 How does the speaker depict time progressing? Slowly but with lots of attention being paid to it Imperceptibly but with dramatic aftereffects Vaguely Confusingly 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 Thriftiness Intelligence Kindness 10 Which of the following is NOT an image in the poem? A beehive Dusk A summer day Twilight 11 What is the genre of the poem? Love sonnet Light verse Nature poetry War poetry 12 Emily Brontë characterizes summer as which of the following? A dangerous place to be avoided An scorchingly hot portion of the year A serene space for daydreaming An anxiety-provoking period of time 13 Where is the central conflict of the poem? Between summer and the speaker Between the speaker and the passage of time Between Emily Dickinson and Emily Brontë Between autumn and the passage of time 14 What is the climax of the poem? When dusk ends As winter draws to a close When summer "leaps into the beautiful" As twilight begins 15 How many stanzas does the poem contain? Four Six One Five 16 Which of the following lines has assonance? "The Morning foreign shone —" "To seem like Perfidy —" "Into the Beautiful." "As imperceptibly as Grief" 17 Which pairing of words forms a slant rhyme in the poem? "Grace" and "wing" "Away" and "perfidy" "Grief" 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" "The Dusk drew earlier in —" "Too imperceptible at last" "As Twilight long begun," 20 How does the speaker feel about summer? She dislikes it She doesn't want it to end She endures it without complaint She hardly notices it 21 Which of the following is NOT a stylistic element in the poem? Slant rhyme Unconventional capitalization Dashes Stream of consciousness 22 How many lines does the poem have? Sixty Sixteen Thirteen Twenty two 23 What function does the symbol of the keel serve in the text? Reveals that the speaker is captain of a whaling ship Places the poem in the dead of winter Highlights the subtlety of summer's exit Situates the poem on stormy seas 24 When was the poem published? 1896 1861 1906 1891 25 What is summer a metaphor for in the poem? The power of belief The cruelty of fate The brevity of the seasons The imperceptibility of time and the loss it causes