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RACE OF VETERANS..

by Walt Whitman.

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

Q01of 10

What is the primary subject of 'Race of Veterans'?

Q02of 10

Which phrase best captures how the veterans are described at the opening of the poem?

Q03of 10

The line 'No more credulity's race' suggests the veterans have lost which quality?

Q04of 10

What does the phrase 'owning no law but the law of itself' convey about the veterans?

Q05of 10

Which literary device is most prominently and repeatedly used throughout the poem?

Q06of 10

The poem's final line, 'Race of passion and the storm,' primarily functions to do which of the following?

Q07of 10

The overall tone of the poem is best described as which of the following?

Q08of 10

The parenthetical line '(No more credulity's race, abiding-temper'd race,)' serves which structural purpose?

Q09of 10

Whitman's description of the veterans as 'race of the soil' most likely draws on which thematic idea?

Q10of 10

According to the poem's context, what is Whitman's central argument about the effect of war on soldiers?

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