Q01of 10
What is the speaker's central argument in the first stanza of 'The Flea'?
Q02of 10
In stanza two, the speaker calls the flea 'Our mariage bed, and mariage temple.' What rhetorical purpose does this serve?
Q03of 10
Which poetic form best describes 'The Flea'?
Q04of 10
The image of the flea as a 'living walls of Jet' primarily conveys which idea?
Q05of 10
What event occurs between stanzas two and three that shifts the poem's argument?
Q06of 10
In the final two lines — 'Just so much honor, when thou yeeld'st to mee, / Will wast, as this flea's death tooke life from thee' — what logical move does the speaker make?
Q07of 10
Which best describes the overall tone of 'The Flea'?
Q08of 10
The speaker warns the woman that killing the flea would constitute 'three sinnes in killing three.' Which three 'lives' does he claim the flea contains?
Q09of 10
The word 'cloysterd' in line 15 is an allusion to which domain, and what effect does it create?
Q10of 10
Which term most precisely describes the flea as Donne uses it throughout the poem?
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