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Quiz — Storgy

FIRST DRANK CLOUD-BROTHER.

by James Russell Lowell.

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

Q01of 10

What does the speaker claim the runic inscription primarily records?

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The phrase 'the dream of the shadow of smoke' is used to describe which concept?

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The Rev. Jonas Tutchel's rival interpretation holds that the stone is

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Wilbur's tone toward Rev. Tutchel is best described as

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The Latin phrase 'vates sacer' is used in the letter to mean

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Wilbur's allusion to Bjarna's fate resembles that of Sir Humphrey Gilbert because both

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Lowell's primary satirical target through the character of Wilbur is

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Wilbur's argument against accepting Tutchel's mortuary reading relies partly on

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The image of the Moquis Indian bowing 'toward the four quarters of the sky' functions in Wilbur's argument as

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The structural device of closing the letter abruptly because 'another interpretation has occurred to me' primarily serves to

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