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THE CONVERSAZZHYONY.

by Eugene Field.

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

Q01of 10

What is the primary structural form of 'The Conversazzhyony'?

Q02of 10

Which of the following best describes the tone of most of the poem before its final stanza?

Q03of 10

What is the speaker's explanation for why women were scarce in the Colorado mining camp?

Q04of 10

The phrase 'bong tong deckolett 'nd en regaly' in the stanza describing the party is best understood as the narrator's attempt to render which language?

Q05of 10

What is the central misunderstanding that costs Three-fingered Hoover the marshal election?

Q06of 10

The image of Three-fingered Hoover's mustache turned up 'like the picture… in the "Life uv Cap'n Kidd"' primarily functions as what kind of literary device?

Q07of 10

Sorry Tom's wife is characterized by which contrasting pair of traits?

Q08of 10

What does the narrator do during most of the conversazzhyony while others attempt to speak French?

Q09of 10

The final stanza shifts the poem's dominant mode by introducing which thematic element absent from the earlier stanzas?

Q10of 10

The chromo portrait that miners at the party liked best was an image of which figure, and why does the narrator say they preferred it?

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