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