Q01of 10
Which verse form best describes the stanzas of 'Ezekiel Biglow'?
Q02of 10
What is the primary purpose of the dialect spelling throughout the poem?
Q03of 10
In the lines 'Ez fer war, I call it murder,-- / There you hev it plain an' flat,' what is Ezekiel's explicit source of moral authority for this claim?
Q04of 10
What central argument does Ezekiel make in the stanza beginning 'Chaps thet make black slaves o' niggers'?
Q05of 10
The image of Massachusetts 'akneelin' with the rest' and failing to hold 'a beacon peerless / To the oppressed' primarily represents which theme?
Q06of 10
What tone dominates the poem's opening stanza, when Ezekiel addresses the recruiting fifer?
Q07of 10
The comparison of war deaths to 'amowin' / Feller-men like oats an' rye' is an example of which poetic technique?
Q08of 10
When the footnote references 'that individual who is mentioned in the Book of Job as going to and fro in the earth,' to whom is it alluding?
Q09of 10
In the stanza beginning 'Slavery aint o' nary color,' what is Ezekiel's most radical claim about the nature of slavery?
Q10of 10
Why does Ezekiel mention 'our Nancy' and 'the hay's to mow' when finally refusing the recruiter?
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