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FASHIONS.

by Alfred Noyes.

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

Q01of 10

The repeated cry 'Who'll buy?' most clearly casts the speaker in the role of a:

Q02of 10

In the stanza about Aladdin, the line '_The magic was not in the new_' is italicised chiefly to:

Q03of 10

The 'rose of green glass' in the Eden stanza is best understood as an image of:

Q04of 10

Which poetic technique does Noyes use when he writes 'a song without metre... Except that--it isn't a song'?

Q05of 10

The phrase 'feet are Victorian now' is an example of:

Q06of 10

The overall tone of the poem shifts most noticeably in the final two stanzas because:

Q07of 10

What is the primary theme of 'Fashions' by Alfred Noyes?

Q08of 10

In the lines about furniture and 'the sixties,' the speaker acknowledges that 'they've included / Some better things, too, in their haste.' This concession serves to:

Q09of 10

Which of the following best describes the structural function of the parenthetical lines throughout the poem, such as '(With only the truth growing old!)'?

Q10of 10

In the penultimate stanza, 'item, a God (but He's dead!)' most directly alludes to:

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