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

2. How many Johns would the speaker of No Thank You, John rather say "no" to than say yes to her auditor?
(a) A thousand.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Forty.
(d) Ten.

3. In the final stanza of A Summer Wish, where are the birds said to take their night rest?
(a) In their freedom.
(b) In the dew.
(c) In their nests.
(d) In the trees.

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

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

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. In the final stanza of Echo, the speaker's life is described as being cold in what?

3. What are the names of the two girls the speaker of No Thank You, John says would take pity on John?

4. In the first line of Echo, the speaker demands that her auditor come to her in the silence of the what?

5. In the second stanza of Echo, the speaker says that the dream's wakening should have been in what location?

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