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Storgy

Quiz — Storgy

SELF-STUDY.

by James Russell Lowell.

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

Q01of 10

What does the mysterious presence do when the speaker finally succeeds in making her appear before him?

Q02of 10

The poem is structured as a narrative with a clear arc. Which best describes that arc?

Q03of 10

The 'warning aureole' in the first stanza is best understood as which of the following?

Q04of 10

Which literary technique is most clearly at work when the speaker writes that the presence seemed 'to brush me with its hair'?

Q05of 10

The central theme of 'Self-Study' can best be stated as which of the following?

Q06of 10

Who is the speaker in the poem?

Q07of 10

The nymph's closing speech reveals that she will seek 'another lover.' What quality must that new lover have to retain her company?

Q08of 10

The imagery of a buttercup holding 'a day's delight' and a bird lifting fancy 'to ether' primarily conveys which of the following?

Q09of 10

The phrase 'conscious, wise, and poor' at the end of the nymph's first speech is best read as an example of which rhetorical device?

Q10of 10

The word 'aureole' in stanza one alludes most directly to imagery associated with which tradition?

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