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1 Which type of meter is used in this poem?
Iambic pentameter

Anapestic trimeter and iambic trimeter

Spondaic monometer and trochaic hexameter

Iambic pentameter, tetrameter, and trimeter
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?
Promises

Weapons

Poetry

Insects
4 Which best describes the speaker's tone?
Apoplectic

Vengeful

Firm

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

Anaphora

Understatement

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

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
7 In which year was this poem published?
1818

1787

1862

1971
8 Which of the following words is onomatopoetic?
Bygones

Shuffling

Ghost

Toast
9 Which compromise does the speaker offer?
Friendship

Shared household duties

A professional, distant relationship

Divorce
10 Which of the following does the speaker claim?
That she only claimed to love John under duress

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
11 What function does the line "I have no heart" serve?
It lets the speaker argue that she lacks the capacity to love John

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
12 What is the speaker's name?
John

She is not named

Christina

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

The Works of Christina Rossetti

Leaves of Grass

Ariel
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 moves from sheer bewilderment and anger to strategic persuasion

The speaker shifts from blissful excitement to heartbrokenness

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 put aside ulterior motives

That John move to another city

That John do a better job of keeping in touch
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?
Doomed

Hero

Bread

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

By having sex before marriage

By pledging to never marry

By proposing to a man
21 Which of the following lines contains assonant "O" sounds?
Than answer "Yes" to you.

But then you're mad to take offence

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

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

Generic womanhood

Women's Suffrage

Childhood
23 What does the word "wax" most closely mean in this poem?
Substance made by bees

Decay

Exude

Industrial byproduct
24 What is the poem's setting?
Ancient Egypt

Gothic, medieval Europe

Classical Greece

Victorian England
25 Which of the following themes is NOT prominent in this work?
Unrequited love

Motherhood

Gender roles

Concealment

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