Question

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understanding important details
the courage that my mother had
went with her, and is with her still:
rock from new england quarried;
now granite in a granite hill.
the golden brooch my mother wore
she left behind for me to wear;
i have no thing i treasure more:
yet, it is something i could spare.
oh, if instead shed left to me
the thing she took into the grave! -
that courage like a rock, which she
has no more need of, and i have.
—\the courage that my mother had,\
edna st. vincent millay
select the answer that best completes each important detail.
the author’s mother had courage like a rock.
the daughter treasured her mother’s
more than anything.
options: brooch, courage, memory, quarry

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze the poem. The lines "The golden brooch my mother wore... I have no thing I treasure more" and later the desire for the mother's courage ("Oh, if instead she'd left to me... That courage like a rock") show the daughter treasures the mother's courage more. The brooch is treasured but the daughter says she could spare it, while courage is what she truly wants. Memory isn't emphasized as the treasured item, and quarry is about the rock's origin, not the treasured thing. So the correct answer is courage.

Answer:

courage