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by James Russell Lowell.

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

Q01of 10

Which position did Lowell assume that had previously been held by Longfellow?

Q02of 10

How long did Lowell hold the editorship of The Atlantic Monthly?

Q03of 10

The biographical sketch describes Lowell's prose subjects—Shakespeare, Dante, Keats, and others—as evidence of what quality?

Q04of 10

Which of the following best describes the tone of this biographical sketch?

Q05of 10

The second series of The Biglow Papers is distinguished from the first series primarily by which characteristic?

Q06of 10

The author notes a limitation of Lowell's satirical style in The Biglow Papers. What was that limitation?

Q07of 10

What event is most directly commemorated in Lowell's famous Commemoration Ode?

Q08of 10

What does the sketch imply about the relationship between Lowell's scholarly interest in poets' personalities and his broader intellectual life?

Q09of 10

The phrase 'a report card on a man's life in letters' in the contextual note functions as which kind of figurative device?

Q10of 10

With which scholar did Lowell collaborate on a series of British Poets, contributing a notable biographical sketch of Keats?

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