Worksheets"Our Wreath of Rose Buds"; "Fantasy"
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 12mins
Where do the flowers described in “Our Wreath of Rose Buds” come from?
people’s minds
the natural world
gardeners’ planted spaces
pictures drawn of wreaths
What is unusual about the flowers described in “Our Wreath of Rose Buds”? Choose two options.
They can be nourished by a reader’s look.
They appear only in shades of yellow.
They will last for a very long time.
They are freely given to people.
They grow only beside rivers.
In “Fantasy,” what seems to have caused the unusual colors of the things that the speaker sees?
the moonlight
the peacock
the queen
the bush
The word fair has several meanings. Which meaning of fair does the speaker use in this stanza from “Our Wreath of Rose Buds”?
Ask you where these flowers are found?
Not on sunny slope, or mound;
Not on prairies bright and fair
Growing without thought or care.
neither very good nor very bad
sunny and with few clouds
pleasing to the eye
free from injustice
The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.
Read the following stanza from “Our Wreath of Rose Buds.”
The tiny buds which here you see
Ask your kindly sympathy;
View them with a lenient eye,
Pass each fault, each blemish by.
Part A What is the most likely meaning of blemish in this stanza?
a painful thorn
a mark of imperfection
a common plant disease
an accusation of wrongdoing
Part A answer: A blemish is a mark of imperfection.
The tiny buds which here you see
Ask your kindly sympathy;
View them with a lenient eye,
Pass each fault, each blemish by.
Part B Which phrase from the stanza is the context clue that most clearly supports the answer to Part A?
kindly sympathy
lenient eye
tiny buds
each fault
What does the context suggest is the most likely meaning of the word hyacinth in this stanza from “Fantasy”?
A slim-necked peacock sauntered there
In a garden of lavender hues,
And you were strange with your purple hair
As you sat in your amethyst chair
With your feet in your hyacinth shoes.
rubber and leather
old and squeaky
tall and pointy
bright violet
In “Our Wreath of Rose Buds,” what is most likely suggested by the speaker’s comment about the rose buds that are “Warmed by the sunshine of your eyes”?
A reader’s eyes, like the sun, can be bright.
A reader’s eyes, like flowers, respond to light.
Temperature is important in a flower’s development.
Ideas, like rose buds, will develop if they are appreciated.
he following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.
Part A According to “A Wreath of Rose Buds,” what happens to the buds as time passes?
They wilt and die.
They mature and blossom.
They are stifled and quieted.
They are forgotten and abandoned.
Part A answer: As time passes, the buds mature and blossom.
Part B Which quotation from the poem includes the context clue that most clearly supports the answer to Part A?
Not on prairies bright and fair / Growing without thought or care.
No, our simple wreath is twined / From the garden of the mind; . . .
The tiny buds which here you see / Ask your kindly sympathy; . . .
Their petals fair will soon unclose, / And every bud become—a Rose.
The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.
Part A In “Fantasy,” what is the speaker’s main impression of the things seen in the Land of Night?
fear
disgust
pleasure
skepticism
Part A answer: The speaker’s main impression of the things seen in the Land of Night is "pleasure."
The loveliest things were seen . . .
A slim-necked peacock sauntered there
Oh, the moon gave a bluish light
I stood behind a bush of yellow-green
