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The American Tradition in Literature, Volume 1 Book Cover
The American Tradition in Literature, Volume 1, 10/e
George Perkins, Eastern Michigan University
Barbara Perkins, University of Toledo-Toledo

Multiple Choice Quiz



1

Pound's poem, "Hugh Selwyn Mauberly," mocks the
A)superficialities of the Victorian Age
B)the American expatriot in France
C)the Greek poet Sappho
D)the phallic cult of Dionysus
2

The speaker in Pound's "A Virginal" seeks to hold on to
A)his virginity
B)a rarefied experience
C)a wavering faith
D)a lost love
3

The tenth-century "seafarer" recalls the harsh adventures of his life at sea and seals his recollections with
A)a warning for future sailors
B)a tribute to life on the land
C)a lament for the past
D)a realization of the passing of all things
4

In the closing of Canto LXXXI, the speaker decries the effects of
A)vanity
B)avarice
C)sloth
D)jealousy
5

The penultimate task for the speaker of Canto CXVI is "to confess wrong without losing
A)self-esteem
B)rightness
C)position
D)salvation








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