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