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Storgy

Quiz — Storgy

AT THE DOOR.

by Eugene Field.

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

Q01of 10

In the opening stanza, why does the speaker initially feel 'secure'?

Q02of 10

The phrase 'timorous knock' is used to characterize the child's knock as which of the following?

Q03of 10

What does the speaker abandon when he hears his child's plea?

Q04of 10

The line 'My heart were stone could it withstand' is an example of which poetic technique?

Q05of 10

In the fourth stanza, the speaker imagines himself as which of the following?

Q06of 10

Which theme is MOST central to the poem as a whole?

Q07of 10

The poem's structure can best be described as which of the following?

Q08of 10

The tone of the final stanza is best described as which of the following?

Q09of 10

The child's words 'it's only me' and the speaker's echoed plea ''T is I, O Father! only I' primarily serve to do which of the following?

Q10of 10

The word 'supplicating' in the final stanza most nearly means which of the following?

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