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A SECOND LETTER FROM B. SAWIN, ESQ..

by James Russell Lowell.

Ten questions on craft, meaning, and form. Untimed. Answer every question to submit.

Q01of 10

What verse form does Lowell use throughout Sawin's letter?

Q02of 10

According to Sawin, what physical injuries did the war cost him?

Q03of 10

In the lines about 'a reg'lar Promised Land flowin' with rum,' Lowell is primarily using which technique?

Q04of 10

What is the dominant tone of Sawin's letter?

Q05of 10

When Sawin says 'glory is a kin' o' thing I sha'n't pursue no furder,' he implies that glory in war chiefly benefits whom?

Q06of 10

The image of soldiers as 'jest the grist thet's put into War's hoppers' is best described as which figure of speech?

Q07of 10

Sawin's satirical plan to run for political office rests on the premise that voters value what quality above all else?

Q08of 10

In the prose preface, Hollis Wilbur compares a human being unfavorably to what object at the Mechanics' Fair?

Q09of 10

The character of Birdofredum Sawin is best described as what kind of speaker?

Q10of 10

When Sawin mentions that the wooden leg has one advantage—'the liquor can't git into it'—this remark primarily serves which purpose?

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