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3.3.7 Quiz: Analyze How Artists Build on Source Material

Question 3 of 10

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What does the lack of punctuation in William Carlos Williams's "Landscape

with the Fall of Icarus' do to the pacing of the poem?

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A. It helps with the overall rhyme scheme.

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B. It encourages people to read the poem slowly and deliberately.

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C. It sets up a nice rhythm.

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D. It makes the poem seem short and quick.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here?