Anne Bradstreet: Poems Quizzes

Anne Bradstreet: Poems Quiz 1

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

Sorrowful

Ambivalent

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

Saggitarius

Capricorn

Scorpio
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...
nonexistant

erotic

forced

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

equals

estranged

one
6 In "Before the Birth of One of Her Children," the poet is afraid of
having a daughter

getting sick

dying in childbirth

her child being ill
7 Bradstreet addresses "Before the Birth of One of Her Children" to
her husband

the reader

her child

God
8 In "Before the Birth of One of Her Children," the poet's tone is
indifferent

fearful

joyous

mournful
9 In "Before the Birth of One of Her Children," the poet reflects on
God

nature

feminism

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

sisters

friends

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

vengeful

happy

quiet
12 In "Dialogue Between Old England and New," Old England's problems are primarily
racial

political

religious

economic
13 In "Dialogue Between Old England and New," New England envisions
the King's death

a Catholic takeover

Old England's demise

a Protestant revolution
14 In "Another," the poet addresses
the Moon

her husband

the Sun

her children
15 In "Another," the poet writes about
her children

her husband's absence

nature

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

bouyant

sorrowful

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

the stars

motes of sunshine

fishes in the sea
18 In "Another (II)," the poet writes about
her children

nature

God

her husband's absence
19 In "Another (II)," the poet personifies herself as a/an
lioness

deer

gazelle

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

snake

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 pet

her friend

a child

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

Excited

Frustrated

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

sin

nothing

rags
25 In "The Author to Her Book," the poet says all of the following EXCEPT
her book has no father

the book has blemishes

the book's mother is poor

the book is useless

"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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