Q01of 10
What is the predominant form of 'London, 1802'?
Q02of 10
In the octave, Wordsworth describes England as 'a fen / Of stagnant waters.' What does this image primarily convey?
Q03of 10
Which of the following best identifies the speaker's tone in the opening exclamation 'MILTON! thou shouldst be living at this hour'?
Q04of 10
The poem lists 'altar, sword, and pen' as things that have lost their 'ancient English dower.' What do these three items collectively represent?
Q05of 10
What does Wordsworth ask Milton to provide when he writes 'give us manners, virtue, freedom, power'?
Q06of 10
In the sestet, Milton's soul is compared to 'a Star.' What quality does this simile chiefly emphasize?
Q07of 10
How does Wordsworth characterize Milton's voice in the line 'a voice whose sound was like the sea'?
Q08of 10
The final two lines state that Milton's heart 'The lowliest duties on herself did lay.' What apparent contradiction does this resolve within the poem's portrait of Milton?
Q09of 10
Which literary device is most clearly at work in the poem's direct address to the deceased Milton throughout?
Q10of 10
According to the poem, which of the following has NOT been lost by England in 1802?
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