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MR. DANA, OF THE NEW YORK SUN.

by Eugene Field.

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

Q01of 10

What year does the poem establish as the setting for Cantell Whoppers's arrival in Denver?

Q02of 10

Which best describes the overall structure of the poem?

Q03of 10

What is the primary reason the Denver newspaper staff hired Cantell Whoppers despite having no vacancies?

Q04of 10

The exaggerated description of Dana as someone who 'lived on human bein's, 'nd preferred to eat 'em raw' is best understood as an example of which literary technique?

Q05of 10

What does Cantell Whoppers do instead of performing his assigned journalistic duties?

Q06of 10

How does the poem's tone shift when describing the real Dana's arrival in Denver in stanza five?

Q07of 10

The phrase 'a crown uv silver hair' in the fifth stanza functions primarily as which of the following?

Q08of 10

What does Dana's failure to recognize Whoppers ultimately reveal about the poem's central theme?

Q09of 10

The narrator's self-deprecating admission 'when we get played for suckers, why, that's a horse on us' reflects which tone?

Q10of 10

In the final stanza, the narrator wishes to die 'a thousan' less a day' before Dana. What is the rhetorical effect of this wish?

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