Q01of 10
What is the primary setting of the poem's central action?
Q02of 10
Which of the following items does the speaker NOT purchase in the shop?
Q03of 10
The phrase 'he simply blows it in' is used to describe the collector's spending. What is the speaker's attitude toward this expression?
Q04of 10
What does the clock in old St. Louis mark at the moment the speaker first notices the pewter tankard?
Q05of 10
The poem's refrain 'blown in twenty dollars by nine o'clock a.m.' functions structurally as what kind of device?
Q06of 10
In stanza five, the speaker imagines the useful things twenty dollars could have bought. What does this list primarily serve to do?
Q07of 10
The speaker describes the platter as 'lovely, hideous.' This oxymoron most likely suggests which of the following?
Q08of 10
Which of the following best describes the poem's overall tone?
Q09of 10
In the final stanza, the speaker says he 'means to keep his distance—for his health.' This line implies which of the following?
Q10of 10
The speaker addresses 'my sweet collector friends' in the opening stanza. What effect does this direct address create?
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