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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

Anapestic trimeter and iambic trimeter

Iambic pentameter
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?
Promises

Insects

Weapons

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

Vengeful

Apoplectic

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

Hyperbole

Anaphora

Allegory
6 What is the central conflict of this poem?
The speaker's indecision about whether to marry John

John's desire to undermine the speaker's marriage

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?
1818

1971

1787

1862
8 Which of the following words is onomatopoetic?
Bygones

Shuffling

Toast

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

Friendship

Divorce

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

That she has never promised or claimed to love John

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

That she only claimed to love John under duress
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?
She is not named

John

Christina

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

The Works of Christina Rossetti

Goblin Market and Other Poems

Leaves of Grass
14 Which of the following lines does NOT contain alliteration?
Let us strike hands as hearty friends

I dare say Meg or Moll would take

And wax a weariness to think upon

No, thank you, John
15 Which best describes the shift that occurs during the poem?
The speaker shifts from blissful excitement to heartbrokenness

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

The speaker begins in anger but ends in resigned understanding

The speaker moves from sheer bewilderment and anger to strategic persuasion
16 What is the poem's rhyme scheme?
ABBA

ABAC

ABBC

ABAB
17 Which of the following does the speaker request?
That John put aside ulterior motives

That John move to another city

That John do a better job of keeping in touch

That John apologize for tarnishing her reputation
18 The speaker compares passing time to which of the following?
A child's schoolday

Songbirds' flights

A springtime snowstorm

A ringing bell
19 What does the word "toast" most closely mean in this poem?
Gathering over drinks

Hero

Bread

Doomed
20 How does the speaker diverge from gender norms?
By having sex before marriage

By proposing to a man

By pledging to never marry

By refusing to give in to John's wishes
21 Which of the following lines contains assonant "O" sounds?
I'll wink at your untruth.

Than answer "Yes" to you.

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

Women's Suffrage

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?
Gothic, medieval Europe

Ancient Egypt

Classical Greece

Victorian England
25 Which of the following themes is NOT prominent in this work?
Gender roles

Motherhood

Unrequited love

Concealment

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