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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?
Shoe worn by Victorian men

Wedding dance

Trivial complaint

Type of pen
3 Which of the following is a motif in this work?
Poetry

Insects

Promises

Weapons
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?
Hyperbole

Understatement

Allegory

Anaphora
6 What is the central conflict of this poem?
The speaker's secret affair with John

The speaker's indecision about whether to marry John

John's desire to undermine the speaker's marriage

John's pursuit of the speaker despite her lack of interest
7 In which year was this poem published?
1971

1862

1818

1787
8 Which of the following words is onomatopoetic?
Shuffling

Bygones

Ghost

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

Divorce

A professional, distant relationship

Friendship
10 Which of the following does the speaker claim?
That she has never promised or claimed to love John

That she changed her mind about loving John as she aged

That she only claimed to love John under duress

That John's actions have made her love him despite herself
11 What function does the line "I have no heart" serve?
It shows the speaker's self-flagellation and guilt over her actions

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

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
12 What is the speaker's name?
She is not named

Katherine

Christina

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

Ariel

Leaves of Grass

The Works of Christina Rossetti
14 Which of the following lines does NOT contain alliteration?
And wax a weariness to think upon

I dare say Meg or Moll would take

No, thank you, John

Let us strike hands as hearty friends
15 Which best describes the shift that occurs during the poem?
The speaker shifts from blissful excitement to heartbrokenness

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
16 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABBC

ABAB

ABAC

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

That John put aside ulterior motives

That John do a better job of keeping in touch

That John move to another city
18 The speaker compares passing time to which of the following?
A springtime snowstorm

A ringing bell

Songbirds' flights

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

Gathering over drinks

Doomed

Hero
20 How does the speaker diverge from gender norms?
By refusing to give in to John's wishes

By proposing to a man

By pledging to never marry

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?
Women's Suffrage

Childhood

Kindness

Generic womanhood
23 What does the word "wax" most closely mean in this poem?
Exude

Industrial byproduct

Substance made by bees

Decay
24 What is the poem's setting?
Classical Greece

Ancient Egypt

Victorian England

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

Motherhood

Unrequited love

Concealment

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