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No, Thank You, John Quiz

1 Which type of meter is used in this poem?
Iambic pentameter, tetrameter, and trimeter

Spondaic monometer and trochaic hexameter

Iambic pentameter

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

Trivial complaint

Type of pen

Shoe worn by Victorian men
3 Which of the following is a motif in this work?
Insects

Promises

Weapons

Poetry
4 Which best describes the speaker's tone?
Amused

Firm

Apoplectic

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

Allegory

Understatement

Anaphora
6 What is the central conflict of this poem?
John's pursuit of the speaker despite her lack of interest

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
7 In which year was this poem published?
1818

1787

1862

1971
8 Which of the following words is onomatopoetic?
Bygones

Ghost

Shuffling

Toast
9 Which compromise does the speaker offer?
Shared household duties

Friendship

A professional, distant relationship

Divorce
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 shows the speaker's self-flagellation and guilt over her actions

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

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

It allows the speaker to imagine herself as a powerful, almost fantastical being
12 What is the speaker's name?
Katherine

Christina

She is not named

John
13 Which collection was this poem originally published in?
Ariel

The Works of Christina Rossetti

Leaves of Grass

Goblin Market and Other Poems
14 Which of the following lines does NOT contain alliteration?
No, thank you, John

Let us strike hands as hearty friends

I dare say Meg or Moll would take

And wax a weariness to think upon
15 Which best describes the shift that occurs during the poem?
The speaker begins in anger but ends in resigned understanding

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

The speaker moves from sheer bewilderment and anger to strategic persuasion

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

ABBC

ABBA

ABAB
17 Which of the following does the speaker request?
That John apologize for tarnishing her reputation

That John do a better job of keeping in touch

That John move to another city

That John put aside ulterior motives
18 The speaker compares passing time to which of the following?
A ringing bell

A child's schoolday

A springtime snowstorm

Songbirds' flights
19 What does the word "toast" most closely mean in this poem?
Bread

Gathering over drinks

Hero

Doomed
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?
Than answer "Yes" to you.

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:
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?
Substance made by bees

Decay

Industrial byproduct

Exude
24 What is the poem's setting?
Victorian England

Ancient Egypt

Classical Greece

Gothic, medieval Europe
25 Which of the following themes is NOT prominent in this work?
Gender roles

Concealment

Motherhood

Unrequited love

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