Advanced Placement (AP)
Please answer the following multiple choice questionsRemembranceCold in the earthand the deep snow piled above thee,Far, far removed, cold in the dreary grave! Have I forgot, my only Love, to love thee, Severed at last by Times all-severing wave?Line5 Now, when alone, do my thoughts no longer hoverOver the mountains, on that northern shore, Resting their wings where heath and fern-leavescoverThy noble heart for ever, ever more?Cold in the earthand fifteen wild Decembers, 10 From those brown hills, have melted into spring:Faithful, indeed, is the spirit that remembers After such years of change and suffering!Sweet Love of youth, forgive, if I forget thee,While the worlds tide is bearing me along; 15 Other desires and other hopes beset me,Hopes which obscure, but cannot do thee wrong!No later light has lightened up my heaven,No second morn has ever shone for me;All my lifes bliss from thy dear life was given,20 All my lifes bliss is in the grave with thee.But, when the days of golden dreams had perished, And even Despair was powerless to destroy;Then did I learn how existence could be cherished, Strengthened and fed without the aid of joy.25 Then did I check the tears of useless passion Weaned my young soul from yearning after thine; Sternly denied its burning wish to hastenDown to that tomb already more than mine.And, even yet, I dare not let it languish,30 Dare not indulge in memorys rapturous pain;Once drinking deep of that divinest anguish, How could I seek the empty world again?1. The poem deals with all of the following EXCEPT the(A) aftermath of a terrible loss(B) discipline required to address grief(C) power of time to alter grief(D) emotions experienced as grief abates(E) happinessthatfollowsaftergriefhaspassed2. The second stanza (lines 5-8) primarily serves to(A) dramatize the power of thoughts to sustain romantic feelings in the speaker(B) indicate how loneliness causes the speaker to dwell on the past(C) ponder the current connection between the speaker and the loved one(D) communicate the speakers ongoing devotion to a treasured childhood memory(E) comparethelovedonetoabirdthathas departed for northern latitudes3. Which best describes the speakers implication in lines 11-12 ?(A) Only someone remarkably devoted can retain the memory of an absent loved one over time.(B) Only people who embrace a higher faith can successfully live with their grief.(C) Pain strengthens the soul so that the sufferer can move forward.(D) The bereaved must choose to forget the past in order to bear their losses.(E) Peoplewhodwellonthepastareusually unable to move beyond their personal losses.
