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PRISON OF CERVANTES.

by James Russell Lowell.

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

Q01of 10

What does the poem's opening rhetorical question, 'Seat of all woes?', most likely challenge?

Q02of 10

The phrase 'his free of motion as the wind' (line 3) primarily functions as what kind of figurative language?

Q03of 10

The phrase 'held both worlds, of spirit and sense, in fee' suggests that Cervantes's mind possessed which quality?

Q04of 10

In the context of the poem, 'his dual mind' (line 5) most directly refers to Cervantes's capacity to be what?

Q05of 10

What does 'Redressing wrongs he knew must ever be' reveal about the poem's thematic view of Cervantes?

Q06of 10

The tone of the lines 'His humor wise could see life's long deceit, / Man's baffled aims, nor therefore both despise' is best described as?

Q07of 10

The image of greeting 'ill fortune' like 'an old friend' primarily conveys which aspect of Cervantes's character?

Q08of 10

Which structural feature of this poem most strongly reinforces its central argument about the contrast between physical confinement and mental freedom?

Q09of 10

The closing allusion to 'his whose feet / By Avon ceased' refers to which figure, and what does drawing a parallel with Cervantes achieve?

Q10of 10

According to the poem, what do Cervantes and the figure alluded to in the final lines share besides their literary greatness?

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