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Songs of Parting (missives)..

by Walt Whitman.

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

Q01of 10

What is Rossetti's primary purpose in writing this preface?

Q02of 10

Why did Rossetti supply his own titles to many of Whitman's poems?

Q03of 10

What does Rossetti mean when he describes Whitman's position as 'unique on the globe'?

Q04of 10

What is the tone of Rossetti's preface overall?

Q05of 10

According to Rossetti, by what questions should a reader evaluate Whitman?

Q06of 10

The quotation 'Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world' is attributed in the preface to which writer?

Q07of 10

Rossetti compares Whitman's role in American culture to which two historical figures?

Q08of 10

What is the function of 'Songs of Parting' as Rossetti describes it in the preface?

Q09of 10

Lincoln's remark 'Well, he looks like a man' is used by Rossetti primarily as a rhetorical device to suggest what?

Q10of 10

When Rossetti writes that Whitman's 'voice will one day be potential or magisterial,' what does he predict?

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