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THE SEARCH.

by James Russell Lowell.

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

Q01of 10

What is the overall structure of 'The Search' by James Russell Lowell?

Q02of 10

In the first stanza, what causes the speaker to abandon his search in nature?

Q03of 10

The image of 'His snows, like desert sands' is best described as what kind of literary device?

Q04of 10

When the speaker turns to 'power and wealth' in the second stanza, what does he discover there?

Q05of 10

The phrase 'Mocking with bread a dead creed's grinning jaws' most likely refers to which of the following?

Q06of 10

What role does 'Love' play in the third stanza?

Q07of 10

What is the speaker's tone when he says 'blessed blunt Winter for his counsel bleak'?

Q08of 10

In the final stanza, which two figures are shown at Christ's side in the 'hovel rude'?

Q09of 10

The line 'His throne is with the outcast and the weak' most directly expresses which theme?

Q10of 10

The reference to 'My Thebes, cut deep with many a solemn rift' in the first stanza is best understood as an allusion to what?

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