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AFTER READING TROLLOPE'S HISTORY OF FLORENCE.

by Eugene Field.

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

Q01of 10

What initially prompts the speaker's visionary journey through Florence?

Q02of 10

Which structural form best describes the poem's organization?

Q03of 10

In the third stanza, the image of 'a form from days of old, / With Beatrice's hair of gold' most directly alludes to which literary or historical tradition?

Q04of 10

What is the dominant tone of the poem's middle stanzas (stanzas 5–8)?

Q05of 10

The line 'He dips his brush in hues divine' refers to which Renaissance figure?

Q06of 10

The phrase 'Dark Vallombrosa in their dream' functions primarily as what type of literary device?

Q07of 10

The 'voice of prophet tone' heard near the poem's end belongs to which historical figure?

Q08of 10

How does the speaker's position shift between the opening and closing stanzas?

Q09of 10

The reference to 'Ghiberti's gates' in stanza three most likely alludes to which famous Florentine work?

Q10of 10

Which of the following best describes the poem's central thematic concern?

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