Skip to content
Storgy

Quiz — Storgy

The Rhodora.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

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

Q01of 10

What is the setting in which the speaker first discovers the Rhodora?

Q02of 10

Which of the following best describes the overall form of 'The Rhodora'?

Q03of 10

What central philosophical claim does the speaker make about Beauty?

Q04of 10

The image of the Rhodora's petals fallen in the pool primarily creates what effect?

Q05of 10

Who are 'the sages' addressed in line 9, and what is their implied question?

Q06of 10

What technique does Emerson use when he directly addresses the flower with 'Rhodora! if the sages ask thee why'?

Q07of 10

The red-bird (cardinal) is introduced primarily to serve what purpose in the poem?

Q08of 10

Which word best characterizes the speaker's tone throughout the poem?

Q09of 10

The concluding couplet — 'The self-same Power that brought me there brought you' — is best understood as an allusion to which broader idea?

Q10of 10

The phrase 'in my simple ignorance' in the penultimate line most likely conveys that the speaker

0 / 10 answered

Standings

Top 10 attempts

No attempts yet. Be the first to climb the standings.