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PUBLIC LIFE..

by James Russell Lowell.

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

Q01of 10

In what year was Lowell transferred from his diplomatic post in Madrid to London?

Q02of 10

Which of the following best describes the overall tone of this biographical tribute?

Q03of 10

The phrase 'through and through an American' primarily functions to convey which of the following about Lowell?

Q04of 10

Lowell's address titled 'Democracy,' delivered in England, is described as serving which primary purpose?

Q05of 10

Which literary technique is most evident in the list of Lowell's late-life activities — lectures, addresses, poetry collections, and his edited writings?

Q06of 10

The address on 'The Place of the Independent in Politics' is described as containing 'a trace of discouragement.' What most likely caused this discouragement?

Q07of 10

What does the narrator suggest about Lowell's character by noting that his 'faith in the substance of his countrymen' gave him 'the right to use words of honest warning'?

Q08of 10

The imagery of Lowell's closing years being 'touched with domestic loneliness' yet 'rich also with the continued expression of his large personality' creates which effect?

Q09of 10

The universities listed — Oxford, Cambridge, St. Andrews, Edinburgh, and Bologna — function in the passage primarily as what kind of literary or rhetorical device?

Q10of 10

The detail that Lowell, in his final year, 'revised, rearranged, and carefully edited' his writings in ten volumes is most significant because it suggests:

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