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BEN APFELGARTEN.

by Eugene Field.

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

Q01of 10

The poem is written in a form best described as:

Q02of 10

Which literary technique does Field most prominently use in the repeated ending 'bald--bald--bald!'?

Q03of 10

The tone of the poem as a whole can best be characterized as:

Q04of 10

What is the central conceit the speaker proposes to explain Ben's baldness?

Q05of 10

The image of women giving Ben 'turbans red / to adorn his hairless head' primarily serves to:

Q06of 10

When the other men send Ben to the Reichstag, their 'artful' and 'politic design' is best understood as:

Q07of 10

The Reichstag members' initial exclamation 'Gott im Himmel! what a head!' most directly illustrates:

Q08of 10

The speaker's phrase 'barring present company, of course' in the final stanza is an example of:

Q09of 10

According to the poem, what ultimately caused the men in the province to wonder and puzzle throughout much of the story?

Q10of 10

The overall moral the speaker draws at the poem's end argues that:

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