1 Where is the poem set? Purgatory A city market The countryside A suburban town 2 How long is the speaker's hair? relatively long; probably down to his shoulders he does not have any hair very short very very long—down to his waist 3 How many weeds does the speaker see when he looks down? 9 11 10 3 4 What plant does the speaker fixate on in the poem? a woodspurge a poinsetta a wax plant a cypress spurge 5 How many cups does the speaker observe that the woodspurge has? 1 2 3 0 6 Where does the speaker place his head? In his hands On a root Between his knees In a "crown" of yellow flowers 7 What does the speaker describe as "naked" in the poem? His legs His ears His souls His head 8 What did the wind do in the first line of the poem? Stand still Toss around debris Become a tornado Pick up 9 What does the wind cause in the second line of the poem? a tree to topple over, much to the speaker's amazement dead leaves and other debris to come out of the trees and hills the speaker to start sobbing the speaker to accidentally slap himself in the face 10 What does the colon at the end of the second line imply? That the speaker is more important than the debris That the speaker doesn't actually exist in the world of the poem That the speaker is equally as "dead" as the debris That ghosts are coming back to life, thanks to the wind 11 What is one thing that scholars have thought the woodspurge to symbolize? The beautiful union between man and wife Polytheism Religion in general Christianity 12 What is another thing that scholars have thought the woodspurge to symbolize? the speaker's sickness the speaker's sin and temptation caused by the devil the speaker's grief at the loss of his wife, Elizabeth Siddal the medicinal qualities of the plant suggest that the woodspurge "purges" the speaker's grief 13 What is another thing that scholars have thought the woodspurge to symbolize? the speaker's lack of personhood the speaker's emotional intensity while he is in a dream-like state the speaker's audacity in believing that he can continue on after grief the speaker's hopeless attitude 14 Where was Dante Gabriel Rossetti from? London Rome Edinburgh Paris 15 When did Rossetti most likely write "The Woodspurge"? 1870 1859 1861 1888 16 When was "The Woodspurge" published? 1859 1873 1888 1870 17 Where were Rosetti's ancestors from? France Italy Wales England 18 What was the name of the literary movement to which Rossetti belonged? Pre-Raphaelite Romantic Modern Postmodern 19 What was the name of Rossetti's wife? Marianne Dashwood Elizabeth Browning Elizabeth Siddal Lizzie Dashwood 20 How old was Rossetti when he tried to publish his first volume of poetry? 22 years old 39 years old 41 years old 17 years old 21 What happened to Rossetti in 1872? He suffered a mental breakdown He was accused of being immoral He was excommunicated from the Catholic church He fell in love with another woman 22 How did Rossetti die? Blood poisoning from uric acid Syphilis A brain tumor Cancer 23 Where was "The Woodspurge" first published? In Rosetti's 1859 collection, Sadness In Rossetti's 1870 collection, The House of Life In Rossetti's 1860 collection, Songs In Rossetti's 1888 collection, A Tribute to Lizzie 24 How many stanzas are in "The Woodspurge"? 8 4 7 3 25 What is the meter of "The Woodspurge"? trochaic tetrameter iambic pentameter trochaic pentameter iambic tetrameter