Life by Edith Wharton
The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and then Part B.
Part A Read the following lines from the poem ―The Passing of the Hours‖
(the first poem). Then choose the correct restatement of the figurative
meaning of the lines.
The hours steal by with still, unmasking lips—
So lightly that I cannot hear their tread;
a. Time goes by so quickly that it is impossible to keep track of it.
b. Time is a thief that runs away with a person’s most important memories.
c. Time is tricky, always attempting to sneak by in order to scare someone.
d. Time is silent, typically passing by without being noticed or recognized.
Part B Which line from the poem best supports the answer to Part A?
a. To find if I be dreaming, or be dead
b. And yet however still their flight may be
c. Their ceaseless going weights my heart with tears;
d. These touches will have wrought deep scars on me—
