Think you’ve got your head wrapped around A Valediction Forbidding Mourning? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. From whom does the speaker want to keep his love secret?
his parents
his mistress
the laity (commoners)
the paparazzi
Q. What is responsible for the speaker's eventual return?
his wife's "firmness"/faith
the music of the planets
lust
random chance
Q. According to the speaker, lovers who can't deal with absence are
subhuman
substandard
Sub-Mariners
sublunary
Q. What sorts of men get to pass mildly away in the poem?
heroic
accountants
loving
virtuous
Q. What mathematical object is a metaphor for the couple's loyalty?
a pocket protector
an abacus
a compass
a slide rule