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No, Thank You, John Quiz

1 Which type of meter is used in this poem?

Iambic pentameter

Iambic pentameter, tetrameter, and trimeter

Spondaic monometer and trochaic hexameter

Anapestic trimeter and iambic trimeter
2 What does "quibble" most closely mean in this poem?

Type of pen

Shoe worn by Victorian men

Trivial complaint

Wedding dance
3 Which of the following is a motif in this work?

Weapons

Poetry

Promises

Insects
4 Which best describes the speaker's tone?

Firm

Amused

Apoplectic

Vengeful
5 The sentence "I'd rather answer "No" to fifty Johns / Than answer "Yes" to you" is an instance of which?

Anaphora

Understatement

Allegory

Hyperbole
6 What is the central conflict of this poem?

John's desire to undermine the speaker's marriage

The speaker's indecision about whether to marry John

The speaker's secret affair with John

John's pursuit of the speaker despite her lack of interest
7 In which year was this poem published?

1787

1862

1818

1971
8 Which of the following words is onomatopoetic?

Ghost

Shuffling

Bygones

Toast
9 Which compromise does the speaker offer?

Shared household duties

A professional, distant relationship

Divorce

Friendship
10 Which of the following does the speaker claim?

That she only claimed to love John under duress

That John's actions have made her love him despite herself

That she changed her mind about loving John as she aged

That she has never promised or claimed to love John
11 What function does the line "I have no heart" serve?

It portrays the speaker as driven by reason and will rather than emotion

It lets the speaker argue that she lacks the capacity to love John

It allows the speaker to imagine herself as a powerful, almost fantastical being

It shows the speaker's self-flagellation and guilt over her actions
12 What is the speaker's name?

Christina

Katherine

She is not named

John
13 Which collection was this poem originally published in?

Goblin Market and Other Poems

The Works of Christina Rossetti

Ariel

Leaves of Grass
14 Which of the following lines does NOT contain alliteration?

No, thank you, John

I dare say Meg or Moll would take

And wax a weariness to think upon

Let us strike hands as hearty friends
15 Which best describes the shift that occurs during the poem?

The speaker moves from sheer bewilderment and anger to strategic persuasion

The speaker begins in apprehensive uncertainty but is soon happy and relieved

The speaker begins in anger but ends in resigned understanding

The speaker shifts from blissful excitement to heartbrokenness
16 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?

ABAC

ABBA

ABAB

ABBC
17 Which of the following does the speaker request?

That John do a better job of keeping in touch

That John put aside ulterior motives

That John move to another city

That John apologize for tarnishing her reputation
18 The speaker compares passing time to which of the following?

A springtime snowstorm

Songbirds' flights

A ringing bell

A child's schoolday
19 What does the word "toast" most closely mean in this poem?

Doomed

Hero

Gathering over drinks

Bread
20 How does the speaker diverge from gender norms?

By refusing to give in to John's wishes

By pledging to never marry

By proposing to a man

By having sex before marriage
21 Which of the following lines contains assonant "O" sounds?

I'll wink at your untruth.

But then you're mad to take offence

That I don't give you what I have not got:

Than answer "Yes" to you.
22 What do "Meg and Moll" symbolize?

Childhood

Generic womanhood

Women's Suffrage

Kindness
23 What does the word "wax" most closely mean in this poem?

Decay

Exude

Industrial byproduct

Substance made by bees
24 What is the poem's setting?

Victorian England

Gothic, medieval Europe

Classical Greece

Ancient Egypt
25 Which of the following themes is NOT prominent in this work?

Concealment

Unrequited love

Gender roles

Motherhood

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