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DE AMICITIIS.

by Eugene Field.

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

Q01of 10

What is the speaker doing throughout most of the poem?

Q02of 10

The Latin title 'De Amicitiis' most likely signals that the poem's central theme is:

Q03of 10

What is the wife's attitude toward the speaker's reading material?

Q04of 10

In the line 'No festooned cup / Filled foaming up / Can lure me,' the speaker uses this image to convey:

Q05of 10

When the speaker refers to 'My Miller grinds me grist that's gritty,' the most plausible interpretation is:

Q06of 10

What technique does the speaker use when he addresses 'A plague, I say, / On maidens gay'?

Q07of 10

The phrase 'beauty back from eld returning' most nearly means:

Q08of 10

The poem's overall tone can best be described as:

Q09of 10

At the poem's close, the speaker wishes to be buried with his books and imagines 'smuggling' them home at the Last Judgment. This ending primarily functions as:

Q10of 10

The poem is structured in uniform six-line stanzas throughout. What is the predominant rhyme scheme of each stanza?

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