Endymion

Question

(for music)
The apple trees are hung with gold,
And birds are loud in Arcady,
The sheep lie bleating in the fold,
The wild goat runs across the wold,
But yesterday his love he told,
I know he will come back to me.
O rising moon! O Lady moon!
Be you my lover’s sentinel1,
You cannot choose but know him well,
For he is shod with purple shoon2,
You cannot choose but know my love,
For he a shepherd’s crook doth bear,
And he is soft as any dove,
And brown and curly is his hair.
The turtle now has ceased to call
Upon her crimson-footed groom,
The grey wolf prowls about the stall,
The lily’s singing seneschal3
Sleeps in the lily-bell, and all
The violet hills are lost in gloom.
O risen moon! O holy moon!
Stand on top of Helice,
And if my own true love you see,
Ah! if you see the purple shoon,
The hazel crook, the lad’s brown hair,
The goat-skin wrapped about his arm,
Tell him that I am waiting where
The rushlight4 gathers in the Farm.
The falling dew is cold and chill,
And no bird sings in Arcady,
The little fauns have left the hill,
Even the tired daffodil
Has closed its gilded5 doors, and still
My lover comes not back to me.
False moon! False moon! O waning moon!
Where is my own true lover gone,
Where are the lips vermilion6,
The shepherd’s crook, the purple shoon?
Why spread that silver pavilion,
Why wear that veil of drifting mist?
Ah! thou hast young Endymion,
Thou hast the lips that should be kissed!
sentinel: guard
shoon: shoes
seneschal: steward in charge of a household
rushlight: dim light from a small torch
gilded: coated with gold
vermilion: an orange-red color
Question 1 (1 point)
What is true about the moon in the passage?
a
It controls people’s destiny.
b
It cannot be trusted to keep its word.
c
It does not hold the speaker in its favor.
d
It knows the truth about people’s character.
Question 2 (1 point)
Which word best describes the speaker’s tone by the end of the passage?
a
excited
b
enraged
c
dismayed
d
appreciative
Question 3 (1 point)
Which ideas are paralleled throughout the passage?
a
the lover’s return and the beauty of nature
b
the shepherd’s crook and the passage of time
c
the power of nature and the power of the speaker
d
the movement of the moon and the activity of nature
Question 4 (1 point)
What does “that silver pavilion” most likely mean, as used in the passage?
a
the crown
b
the dawn sky
c
the missing lover
d
the shepherd's crook

Answer 1

Here are the answers to the questions based on the provided passage:

Question 1: What is true about the moon in the passage?
b It cannot be trusted to keep its word.
(The speaker expresses disappointment and feels betrayed by the moon's inability to help in finding the lover.)

Question 2: Which word best describes the speaker’s tone by the end of the passage?
c dismayed
(The speaker expresses sorrow and frustration over their lover's absence and feels let down.)

Question 3: Which ideas are paralleled throughout the passage?
a the lover’s return and the beauty of nature
(The speaker contrasts the beauty of nature with their longing for their lover to return.)

Question 4: What does “that silver pavilion” most likely mean, as used in the passage?
b the dawn sky
(This phrase is often interpreted as referring to the moon in the sky, which is described in a way that evokes the sky's beauty.)

I hope these answers help!