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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through No Thank You John.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must ascend in order for shoots to be put forth in Spring?
(a) Roots.
(b) Sap.
(c) Water.
(d) Light.

2. For what purpose does the speaker of A Summer Wish believe the rose is chiefly meant?
(a) To be fragrant.
(b) To give delight.
(c) To prick the unwary.
(d) To woo hearts.

3. What is the last word of Spring?
(a) Life.
(b) Live.
(c) Spring.
(d) Die.

4. What does the man in After Death who leans over the poem's speaker do after moving away from her?
(a) Weep quietly.
(b) Sob uncontrollably.
(c) Sing a hymn.
(d) Laugh senselessly.

5. To which of the following does the poem's speaker insist the bird should sing in A Summer Wish?
(a) The sweet summer air.
(b) The butterfly.
(c) The passing cloud.
(d) The sun.

Short Answer Questions

1. Towards the end of the poem, the speaker of No Thank You, John tells John to rise above which of the following?

2. What sprouts in the lane in Spring?

3. Whose wings does God guide in Spring?

4. What emotion does the man in After Death feel for the poem's speaker in the latter's posthumous condition?

5. In the first stanza of Echo, the speaker demands that her auditor come to her with eyes as bright as what?

(see the answer key)

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