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

2. 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) Susan and Sarah.
(d) Maggie and Nell.

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

4. What must ascend in order for shoots to be put forth in Spring?
(a) Roots.
(b) Light.
(c) Sap.
(d) Water.

5. In A Summer Wish, the poem's speaker wishes she could bloom her hour as a rose in spite of what?
(a) No sunlight.
(b) Thorns.
(c) Poor soil.
(d) A lack of water.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what hour does the sun scorch up the world in Spring?

2. Of what are the souls of the dream in the second stanza of Echo "brimful"?

3. What does the man in After Death who leans over the poem's speaker do after moving away from her?

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

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

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