Q01of 10
What is the speaker's immediate action at the opening of the poem?
Q02of 10
Which two figures appear as the speaker's 'death-bed guests' in the third stanza?
Q03of 10
The phrase 'my hundredfold' in God's speech alludes most directly to which biblical parable?
Q04of 10
What does 'Extreme Unction' as a title signal about the poem's dramatic situation?
Q05of 10
What does the imagery of 'bat and owl inhabit here, / The snake nests in the altar-stone' convey about the speaker?
Q06of 10
In stanza eight, how does the speaker characterize his former relationship with Christ?
Q07of 10
What is the central paradox expressed in stanzas nine and ten (lines 49–64)?
Q08of 10
What is the predominant meter of 'Extreme Unction'?
Q09of 10
The 'keys of darkness and of morn' that the infant holds unconsciously symbolize:
Q10of 10
Which word best describes the overall tone of the poem?
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