Q01of 10
What is the primary purpose of the repeated refrain 'let a wandering fool / Stuff your ears with cotton-wool'?
Q02of 10
Which of the following best describes the poem's overall form and structure?
Q03of 10
In the line 'When they roast the singing stars / Like chestnuts, in between the bars,' what is the primary effect of this imagery?
Q04of 10
What is the speaker's attitude toward figures such as Homer, Milton, Keats, and Shelley?
Q05of 10
The line 'The cleverest thing I ever knew / Now cracks walnuts at the Zoo' most likely refers to what?
Q06of 10
Which rhetorical or poetic technique is most prominent in the stanza describing Lincoln?
Q07of 10
What does the allusion to 'Salome's toes' most likely suggest about the 'clever' people in the poem?
Q08of 10
The tone of the poem can best be described as which of the following?
Q09of 10
In the final stanza, the line 'Professor Flunkey, the historian' is best understood as what kind of device?
Q10of 10
According to the poem, what would happen to Lincoln if he appeared in the social circles the poem describes?
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