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No, Thank You, John Quiz

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

Anapestic trimeter and iambic trimeter

Iambic pentameter

Spondaic monometer and trochaic hexameter
2 What does "quibble" most closely mean in this poem?
Wedding dance

Type of pen

Shoe worn by Victorian men

Trivial complaint
3 Which of the following is a motif in this work?
Weapons

Insects

Poetry

Promises
4 Which best describes the speaker's tone?
Vengeful

Firm

Apoplectic

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

Hyperbole

Allegory

Anaphora
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?
1971

1862

1787

1818
8 Which of the following words is onomatopoetic?
Toast

Bygones

Ghost

Shuffling
9 Which compromise does the speaker offer?
A professional, distant relationship

Shared household duties

Divorce

Friendship
10 Which of the following does the speaker claim?
That she changed her mind about loving John as she aged

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

That she has never promised or claimed to love John

That she only claimed to love John under duress
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 allows the speaker to imagine herself as a powerful, almost fantastical being

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
12 What is the speaker's name?
Christina

She is not named

John

Katherine
13 Which collection was this poem originally published in?
Goblin Market and Other Poems

Ariel

The Works of Christina Rossetti

Leaves of Grass
14 Which of the following lines does NOT contain alliteration?
I dare say Meg or Moll would take

Let us strike hands as hearty friends

And wax a weariness to think upon

No, thank you, John
15 Which best describes the shift that occurs during the poem?
The speaker begins in apprehensive uncertainty but is soon happy and relieved

The speaker shifts from blissful excitement to heartbrokenness

The speaker moves from sheer bewilderment and anger to strategic persuasion

The speaker begins in anger but ends in resigned understanding
16 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABBC

ABBA

ABAC

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

That John move to another city

That John do a better job of keeping in touch

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

Songbirds' flights

A child's schoolday

A springtime snowstorm
19 What does the word "toast" most closely mean in this poem?
Doomed

Gathering over drinks

Bread

Hero
20 How does the speaker diverge from gender norms?
By pledging to never marry

By having sex before marriage

By proposing to a man

By refusing to give in to John's wishes
21 Which of the following lines contains assonant "O" sounds?
That I don't give you what I have not got:

But then you're mad to take offence

Than answer "Yes" to you.

I'll wink at your untruth.
22 What do "Meg and Moll" symbolize?
Women's Suffrage

Kindness

Generic womanhood

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

Substance made by bees

Industrial byproduct

Exude
24 What is the poem's setting?
Gothic, medieval Europe

Victorian England

Classical Greece

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

Motherhood

Unrequited love

Gender roles

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