Anne Bradstreet: Poems Quizzes

Anne Bradstreet: Poems Quiz 1

1 In "A Letter...absent upon Publick Employment," how does Bradstreet feel?
Sorrowful

Worried

Joyous

Ambivalent
2 In "A Letter...absent upon Publick Employment," where does Bradstreet say the sun, and her husband, are?
Capricorn

Scorpio

Saggitarius

Taurus
3 In "A Letter...absent upon Publick Employment," what does Bradstreet say reminds her of her husband?
His portrait

His boots

Their house

Her children
4 In "A Letter...absent upon Publick Employment," the poet's love for her husband comes across as somewhat...
cold

nonexistant

forced

erotic
5 In "A Letter...absent upon Publick Employment," the poet says that she and her husband are
one

best friends

estranged

equals
6 In "Before the Birth of One of Her Children," the poet is afraid of
dying in childbirth

having a daughter

her child being ill

getting sick
7 Bradstreet addresses "Before the Birth of One of Her Children" to
her child

the reader

God

her husband
8 In "Before the Birth of One of Her Children," the poet's tone is
joyous

indifferent

mournful

fearful
9 In "Before the Birth of One of Her Children," the poet reflects on
nature

the brevity of life

God

feminism
10 The relationship between the two protagonists in "Dialogue Between Old England and New" is
father and son

friends

sisters

mother and daughter
11 In "Dialogue Between Old England and New," Old England seems
worried

vengeful

quiet

happy
12 In "Dialogue Between Old England and New," Old England's problems are primarily
political

racial

economic

religious
13 In "Dialogue Between Old England and New," New England envisions
a Catholic takeover

Old England's demise

the King's death

a Protestant revolution
14 In "Another," the poet addresses
her husband

her children

the Sun

the Moon
15 In "Another," the poet writes about
nature

her children

her husband's absence

God
16 In "Another," the poet's mood is
contemplative

sorrowful

anxious

bouyant
17 In "Another," the poet says her tears are more than all of the following EXCEPT
grains of sand

fishes in the sea

the stars

motes of sunshine
18 In "Another (II)," the poet writes about
God

her husband's absence

her children

nature
19 In "Another (II)," the poet personifies herself as a/an
rabbit

lioness

gazelle

deer
20 In "Another (II)," the poet personifies herself as a/an
snake

fish

squirrel

butterfly
21 In "Another (II)," the poet describes herself and her husband as
one

equals

estranged

falling out of love
22 In "The Author to Her Book," the poet sees her book as
her mentor

her pet

a child

her friend
23 In "The Author to Her Book," the poet is _________ that her book was published without her permission.
Ambivalent

Frustrated

Excited

Enraged
24 In "The Author to Her Book," the poet says her book is dressed in
finery

rags

sin

nothing
25 In "The Author to Her Book," the poet says all of the following EXCEPT
the book is useless

her book has no father

the book's mother is poor

the book has blemishes

"For my pen are to superior things " explain the line

I'm sorry, can you please provide the name of Bradstreet's poem? The only lines I've been able to find that correlate are attached below:

“I am obnoxious to each carping tongue
Who says my hand a needle better fits.
A poet’s pen all scorn I should...

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why is new england reffered to as daughter and a limb of old england?

Bradstreet styled this poem as a dialogue between Old England, the mother, and her daughter, New England. New England asks her mother why she is suffering and mournful, especially since she possesses more wealth and national glory. The mother...

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Examples

I'm sorry, you have not provided the title of the poem in question.

Asked by Reem A #1202844

Answered by jill d #170087 on 5/13/2022 6:50 PM

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