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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 are the names of the two girls the speaker of No Thank You, John says would take pity on John?
(a) Susan and Sarah.
(b) Maggie and Nell.
(c) Faith and Hope.
(d) Meg and Moll.

2. Towards the end of the poem, the speaker of No Thank You, John tells John to rise above which of the following?
(a) Quibbles.
(b) Sloth.
(c) Pride.
(d) Lust.

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

4. Upon what does the poem's speaker's head rest in After Death?
(a) Pillows.
(b) A mossy rock.
(c) The bosom of her lover.
(d) A tree's root.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time does the rose drop down its dew in A Summer Wish?

2. What must ascend in order for shoots to be put forth in Spring?

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

4. What is nursed in its grave by Death in Spring?

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

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