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E.E..

by James Russell Lowell.

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

Q01of 10

Which structural device does Lowell use most prominently to deliver his antiwar argument in the preface?

Q02of 10

What is the significance of pricing 'glory' and 'extending the area of freedom' at one cent each on the bill?

Q03of 10

The extended digression about 'money-trees' primarily serves to:

Q04of 10

What does the 'CHEAP CASH-STORE' signboard episode reveal about the narrator's character?

Q05of 10

The Latin phrase 'auri sacra fames' (translated roughly as 'accursed hunger for gold') is used to characterize:

Q06of 10

Which rhetorical technique is central to Lowell's argument that 'raising the wind' proves ancient money-selling?

Q07of 10

The narrator's imagination, which 'puts a cocked-hat upon' the slaughterer's head, is best described as:

Q08of 10

According to the narrator, which reform would best make citizens aware of the true cost of war?

Q09of 10

The phrase 'Mexican blood which makes the clothes on our backs more costly' is an example of which poetic technique?

Q10of 10

What total amount does the fabricated bill charge Reverend Wilbur for America's share of the Mexican War?

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