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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. In the first stanza of Echo, the speaker demands that her auditor come to her with eyes as bright as what?
(a) Diamonds held over a candle.
(b) Sunlight on a stream.
(c) The noonday sun.
(d) Stars on a moonless night.

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

3. What creeps through the lattice near the poem's speaker in After Death?
(a) Whispers.
(b) Centipedes.
(c) Fingers.
(d) Ivy shadows.

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

5. At what hour does the sun scorch up the world in Spring?
(a) Two in the afternoon.
(b) The dawning hour.
(c) The setting hour.
(d) Noontide.

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 is nursed in its grave by Death in Spring?

3. What phrase is uttered by the man who leans over the poem's speaker in After Death?

4. When did the speaker of No Thank You, John love John?

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

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