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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the significance of the title of Beat! Beat! Drums! and the repetition of it in the first, second, and third stanzas?It sets the rhythm for the rest of the poemIt is an onamonapiaThere is noneIt creates a sound like drums
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat is not a literary device used in this line?
Beat! beat! drums!—blow! bugles! blow!AlitterationOnamonapiaRepetitionImagery - 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat event is Whitman most likely alluding to in this poem?Revolutionary WarCivil WarMajor American BattleWorld War 1
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the setting of this poem?The battlefieldA home baseA townA church
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the device used in line 8 and 15ConsonanceAssonanceRefrainImagery
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat kind of poem is this?Free VerseOdeDramatic MonolougeSonnet
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWho is the speaker speaking to?The audienceThe townThe warThe instruments
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the rhythm and the onomatopoeia parallel in the poem?The drumsThe buglesMilitary bandSound of war
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat do the bugles and drums symbolize?The sounds of warThe war itselfSoldiers marching in the townThe townspeople's voices
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat would not be a theme of this poem?Rule and OrderDeathWarMusic
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