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1 Which type of meter is used in this poem?

Iambic pentameter

Anapestic trimeter and iambic trimeter

Iambic pentameter, tetrameter, and trimeter

Spondaic monometer and trochaic hexameter
2 What does "quibble" most closely mean in this poem?

Type of pen

Wedding dance

Trivial complaint

Shoe worn by Victorian men
3 Which of the following is a motif in this work?

Promises

Poetry

Weapons

Insects
4 Which best describes the speaker's tone?

Apoplectic

Amused

Vengeful

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

Anaphora

Hyperbole

Allegory

Understatement
6 What is the central conflict of this poem?

John's pursuit of the speaker despite her lack of interest

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
7 In which year was this poem published?

1818

1862

1971

1787
8 Which of the following words is onomatopoetic?

Toast

Shuffling

Ghost

Bygones
9 Which compromise does the speaker offer?

Divorce

Shared household duties

A professional, distant relationship

Friendship
10 Which of the following does the speaker claim?

That she only claimed to love John under duress

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

That she changed her mind about loving John as she aged

That she has never promised or claimed to love John
11 What function does the line "I have no heart" serve?

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

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
12 What is the speaker's name?

Katherine

Christina

She is not named

John
13 Which collection was this poem originally published in?

Ariel

Leaves of Grass

The Works of Christina Rossetti

Goblin Market and Other Poems
14 Which of the following lines does NOT contain alliteration?

And wax a weariness to think upon

Let us strike hands as hearty friends

I dare say Meg or Moll would take

No, thank you, John
15 Which best describes the shift that occurs during the poem?

The speaker moves from sheer bewilderment and anger to strategic persuasion

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
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?

Songbirds' flights

A child's schoolday

A springtime snowstorm

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

Hero

Bread

Doomed

Gathering over drinks
20 How does the speaker diverge from gender norms?

By having sex before marriage

By refusing to give in to John's wishes

By proposing to a man

By pledging to never marry
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?

Women's Suffrage

Generic womanhood

Childhood

Kindness
23 What does the word "wax" most closely mean in this poem?

Exude

Industrial byproduct

Decay

Substance made by bees
24 What is the poem's setting?

Victorian England

Classical Greece

Gothic, medieval Europe

Ancient Egypt
25 Which of the following themes is NOT prominent in this work?

Gender roles

Unrequited love

Motherhood

Concealment

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