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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. At what time does the rose drop down its dew in A Summer Wish?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Afternoon.
(c) Morning.
(d) Evening.

2. In After Death, what in the vicinity of the poem's speaker are half drawn?
(a) Comparisons.
(b) Blinds.
(c) Portraits.
(d) Curtains.

3. What sprouts in the lane in Spring?
(a) Roots.
(b) Hedges.
(c) Grass.
(d) Ferns.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what purpose does the speaker of A Summer Wish believe the rose is chiefly meant?

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

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

4. How many Johns would the speaker of No Thank You, John rather say "no" to than say yes to her auditor?

5. What creeps through the lattice near the poem's speaker in After Death?

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