Read & Respond: The following multiple choice questions are based on the poetry covered in this unit. The full length texts have been added to this test for your reference only. You may proceed directly to the questions.

"Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave" Thomas Hardy

Ah, are you digging on my grave
My loved one?--planting rue?"
--"No; yesterday he went to wed
One of the brightest wealth has bred.
'It cannot hurt her now,' he said,
That I 'should not be true.'"

Then who is digging on my grave?
My nearest dearest kin?"
--"Ah, no; they sit and think, 'What use!
What good will planting flowers produce?
No tendance of her mound can loose
Her spirit from Death's gin.'"

But someone digs upon my grave?
My enemy?--prodding sly?"
--"Nay; when she heard you had passed the Gate
That shuts on all flesh soon or late,
She thought you no more worth her hate,
And cares not where you lie."

Then, who is digging on my grave?
Say--since I have not guessed!"
--"0 it is I, my mistress dear,
Your little dog, who still lives near,
And much I hope my movements here
Have not disturbed your rest?"

Ah, yes! You dig upon my grave . . .
Why flashed it not on me
That one true heart was left behind!
What feeling do we ever find
To equal among humankind
A dog's fidelity!"

Mistress, I dug upon your grave
To bury a bone, in case
I should be hungry near this spot
When passing on my daily trot.
I am sorry, but I quite forgot
It was your resting-place."

Question 10
Based on the text above, choose the line (s) from the poem that best indicate(s) that the woman expected everyone to be grief stricken over her death?(1 point)
Responses

"Mistress, I dug upon your grave to bury a bone,"
"Mistress, I dug upon your grave to bury a bone,"

“My enemy?—prodding sly?”
“My enemy?—prodding sly?”

“O it is I, my mistress dear”
“O it is I, my mistress dear”

“My loved one?—planting rue?”