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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) Meg and Moll.
(b) Faith and Hope.
(c) Maggie and Nell.
(d) Susan and Sarah.

2. Of what are the souls of the dream in the second stanza of Echo "brimful"?
(a) Lust.
(b) Weariness.
(c) Love.
(d) Sleep.

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

4. In the final stanza of Echo, the speaker's life is described as being cold in what?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Ice.
(c) Death.
(d) Sorrow.

5. What does the speaker of No Thank You, John offer to John in lieu of love?
(a) Enmity.
(b) Respect.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the speaker of No Thank You, John say the wanness of John's face shows?

3. In the final stanza of A Summer Wish, where are the birds said to take their night rest?

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

5. To which of the following does the poem's speaker insist the bird should sing in A Summer Wish?

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