1 When was the poem first published? 1837 1905 1844 1902 2 What does the word "defile" mean in the poem? File away Spoil Place carefully Rip 3 What does the poem begin with a description of? The woman's hands A love letter The woman's photo in a locket The woman's faded beauty and happiness 4 What is the perspective of the poem? Third-person First-person It varies Second-person 5 What novel is Emily Brontë famous for writing? Shirley Jane Eyre Agnes Grey Wuthering Heights 6 Which of the following lines contains assonance? "But that lock of silky hair," "Mold and damp the face defile." "Paints their image on the mind." "'Dearest, ever deem me true';" 7 Which of the following is NOT a theme in the poem? Memory Healing Aging Neglect 8 What type of stanzas does the poem contain? Octaves Sextets Couplets Quatrains 9 What is the rhyme scheme of the poem? ABAB ABBA ABCB ABAC 10 To what does the speaker compare the woman's faded beauty in the first stanza? A wilted flower A dead tree A frozen lake A pile of leaves 11 What does the woman's hand symbolize in the third stanza? Her current depression Her former beauty and happiness Her poetic ability Her good penmanship 12 Which of the following lines contains alliteration? "Half the sweet enchanting smile;" "Swiftly flew the fingers fine" "But that lock of silky hair," "Paints their image on the mind." 13 What does the line "Tells what once those features were" mean in the poem? The woman's former beloved remembers her fondly The woman carries a locket around Traces of the woman's beauty suggest what she used to look like A portrait of the woman shows what she looked like when she was younger 14 What is the poem's genre? Elizabethan poetry Victorian poetry War epic Haiku 15 What were Brontë's sisters' names? Jane and Elizabeth Sylvia and Lavinia Anne and Charlotte Lydia and Mary 16 When was the poem originally written? 1837 1840 1848 1905 17 Where was Brontë born? London Thornton Cornwall Devonshire 18 How long is the poem? Two stanzas Three stanzas Six stanzas One stanza 19 What is the climax of the poem? The protagonist looking into a mirror The speaker vanishing from the story The speaker remembering an important detail The protagonist writing a letter 20 What is it implied the woman no longer has? Her family Her sense of self Her home Her lover 21 What is the main conflict of the poem? The woman's broken marriage The woman's financial troubles The woman's fractured family The woman's suffering from time and neglect 22 How does the rhyme scheme of the poem affect its stanzas? It serves no practical purpose It organizes them into four-line statements It makes them musical It limits Brontë's word choice 23 What is the woman writing at the end of the poem? A novel A birthday card A love letter A sonnet 24 When does the speaker appear in the poem? The third stanza Never The first stanza The second stanza 25 What is the tone of the poem? Dour Wry Tragic Rueful