My Great-Grandfather's Slaves ONE
My Great-Grandfather's Slaves TWO
My Great-Grandfather's Slaves THREE
Mrs. Lazarus ONE
Mrs. Lazarus TWO
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5. The word "brand" (line 13) is BEST interpreted as
What is E. stigma
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7. The speaker's use of the word "merchandise" in line 17 is intended to
What is C. reveal the slaves' painful consciousness of their own status as a commodity
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10. The "straightness" that the speaker mentions in line 30 most likely alludes to the
What is F. attainment of full social equality
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28. The poem's central allusion is derived from
What is B. religion
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30. In the first five stanzas of the poem the speaker moves from
What is A. disconsolation to acceptance
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6. A sardonic reading of lines 14-15 might suggest which of the following?
What is E. That the deity to whom the slaves prayed was yet another facet of their enslavement.
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8. The phrase "dust of birthright" (line 25) is primarily intended to
What is A. imply that slaves were predestined to suffer and die
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15. The speaker aurally acknowledges the culpability of his family line through
What is B. choric repetition
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29. The speaker's overriding dilemma involves
What is E. overcoming subliminal guilt over her decision to see another man
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31. In lines 1-13, the speaker seems most intent upon
What is B. defending the duration and extent of her mourning
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2. The accuracy of the speaker's imaginative recollection is compromised by his
What is A. temporal distance from the great grandfather's time
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9. The purpose of lines 26-30, "I see them borne, shadow within shadow within shadow, / shroud within shroud, through all nights / from their lives to mine, long beyond / reparation or given liberty / or any straightness," is to
What is D. suggest that for the speaker his great grandfather's slaves have become a haunting presence
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12. Over the final three stanzas the speaker builds toward his climactic epiphany through
What is C. subtle alteration of the present tense verbs
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34. The dwindling impact of the deceased's presence on the speaker's life is MOST powerfully conveyed by the
What is E. cipher of the wedding ring
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35. In lines 21-29 the speaker experiences feelings of
What is A. relief and emancipation
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3. The speaker's attitude towards his great-grandfather's slave ownership is BEST characterized as
What is B. conscience-stricken and reflective
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11. The speaker's final assertion - that he is "owned by the blood of all of them, / who ever were owned by my blood. / We cannot be free of each other" (lines 39-41) suggests all of the following EXCEPT
What is D. that the speaker feels compelled to make financial reparation to the descendants of his great grandfather's slaves
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13. Which of the following does NOT help to convey the expanse of time between the speaker's and his great-grandfather's existence?
What is E. the Biblical allusion to human mortality (lines 24-25)
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37. The poet achieves the nightmarish effect of the final two stanzas through her use of all of the following EXCEPT
What is C. images of infernal suffering
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38. The poem implies that the horror on the dead man's face is a product of his
What is D. consciousness of his wife's infidelity
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1. The immediacy of the speaker's impression of his great-grandfather's plantation is enhanced by all of the following EXCEPT
What is B. a contrast between the slave cabins and his great-grandfather's mansion
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4. Lines 9-13, "I see them obeying and watching [. . .] whose blindness is my brand," do which of the following?
What is C. I and II
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14. In light of the content of the poem, the phrase "the same fields that I have gone / long days over" (lines 3-4), might plausibly be interpreted as which of the following?
What is E. I, II and III
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33. The choice of verb in the phrase "retched / his name over and over again" (lines 4-5) plausibly suggests which of the following?
What is E. I, II and III
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32. The poet dramatizes the speaker's response to her husband's death through all of the following EXCEPT
What is D. a reluctance to part with cherished mementoes of her deceased husband
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