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Hugh Selwyn Mauberley.

by Ezra Pound.

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

Q01of 10

The opening section of 'Hugh Selwyn Mauberley' presents the titular figure as a man who spent roughly how long 'out of key with his time' before fading from memory?

Q02of 10

The line 'His true Penelope was Flaubert' primarily functions as what kind of literary device?

Q03of 10

In Section III, the image 'Caliban casts out Ariel' is best interpreted as symbolizing which thematic contrast?

Q04of 10

Which phrase from Section V conveys the poem's most direct anti-war condemnation of the civilization that sent men to die?

Q05of 10

In Section II, the 'prose kinema' is contrasted with 'the sculpture of rhyme' chiefly to illustrate what tension?

Q06of 10

The phrase 'non dulce non et decor' in Section IV is a deliberate corruption of which famous Latin tag, and what effect does the alteration create?

Q07of 10

Which best describes the overall structural role of the third-person speaker in Section I relative to Mauberley?

Q08of 10

The line 'The tea-rose tea-gown, etc. / Supplants the mousseline of Cos' uses imagery of fabric and dress to make which point?

Q09of 10

The Greek epigraph in Section I, drawn from the Odyssey, refers to Helen's beauty as something that lingered in the ears of those at Troy. In context, its inclusion primarily serves to:

Q10of 10

In Section III, the statement 'We have the press for wafer; / Franchise for circumcision' is best read as expressing which idea?

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