1. The last line of the poem, "My foe outstretched beneath the tree" implies that
   

Athe enemy is taking a nap under the tree.

Bthe friend is taking a nap under the tree.

Cthe friend was killed by the other friend's concealed wrath.

Dthe foe stole and ate the apple.

Ethe foe was killed by the confessed anger of his enemy.

1. In which stanza does the speaker represent himself/herself as capable of both good and evil?
   

AStanza 1

BStanza 2

CStanza 3

DStanza 4

ENone of the above

1. Why is the apple in stanza 3 poisonous?
   

AIt is the apple from the Garden of Eden.

BIt grows from wrath.

CIt is grown from unrequited love.

Dboth the first and second choices above

Eboth the second and third choices above

1. In which stanza does the speaker address what the foe has done to anger him/her?
   

AStanza 1

BStanza 2

CStanza 3

DStanza 4

ENone of the above

1. In line 7, the pronoun it refers to
   

Awrath.

Bfriend.

Cenemy.

Dfears.

Etears.

1. In which stanza does the speaker tend to or nurse his/her wrath?
   

AStanza 1

BStanza 2

c.Stanza 3

d.Stanza 4

ENone of the above

1. In line 14, "When the night had veiled the pole," the word pole means
   

Asky.

Btree.

c.stars.

Dall of the above

Enone of the above

1. The verbs watered and sunned in stanza 2
   

Aassist the comparison of unconcealed wrath to that of nurturing a plant.

Bassist the comparison of unconcealed wrath to that of killing a plant.

Cassist the comparison of concealed wrath to that of nurturing a plant.

Dassist the comparison of concealed wrath to that of killing a plant.

Enone of the above

1. Why is the apple in stanza 3 bright and shiny?
   

AIt alludes to the temptation of the Garden of Eden.

BIt grows from a confessed wrath.

CIt grows from a concealed wrath.

Dboth the first and second choices above

Eboth the first and third choices above

1. The poem ponders all of the following except:
   

ACan anger be productive?

BShould anger be repressed or expressed?

CShould poetry be didactic?

DWhat happens when anger is expressed?

EWhat happens when anger is repressed?