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NOTICES OF AN INDEPENDENT PRESS.

by James Russell Lowell.

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

Q01of 10

In his introductory remarks, Reverend Wilbur explains that he is preparing fake press notices himself primarily for what reason?

Q02of 10

The notice from the _Universal Littery Universe_ praises the work for breaking away from 'slavish deference' to which of the following?

Q03of 10

The notice from the _Higginbottomopolis Snapping-turtle_ accuses the author of accepting what in exchange for his writing?

Q04of 10

What is the primary satirical purpose of including both highly positive and harshly negative fake notices in this piece?

Q05of 10

The notice from the _Dekay Bulwark_ objects to the work chiefly on what grounds?

Q06of 10

The extravagant notice from the _Bungtown Copper_ employs the contradictory phrase 'humor, boisterous, but delicate' as an example of which technique?

Q07of 10

In 'The Courtin',' what detail most directly signals to Huldy that Zekle has not come to see her parents?

Q08of 10

The _World-Harmonic-Æolian-Attachment_ notice is stylistically modeled on the prose of which literary tradition?

Q09of 10

The _Oldfogrumville Mentor_ notice is best characterized by which critical failing that Lowell is satirizing?

Q10of 10

Wilbur's opening comparison of prefatory press notices to circus handbills primarily serves to suggest what about such notices?

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