The New Colossus

To what stature does the "Colossus" of the title refer?

• the Statue of Liberty in the US

• the Cristo Redentor ( Christ the Redeemer) in Brazil

• the ancient statue of Helios in Greece

• the ancient terracotta army of X'ian in China

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What does the speaker mean by calling the Statue of Liberty the " Mother of Exiles"? The speaker means that the statue is:

• an exile herself

• a mother figure to exiles and immigrants

• a symbol of homelands everywhere

• the cause of many exiles

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In lines 6-8, the speaker says of the Statue of Liberty: "From her beacon-hand/Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command/The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame." How do these lines compare with lines 10-14. " Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free..."?

• The poem shifts from the speaker's description of the statue to the statue's internal monologue.

• The poem shifts from a serious tone to a lighthearted tone

• The poem's tone and perspective remain constant throughout these stanzas

• The poem shifts from the speak's straightforward description of the statue to grandiose musings

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Line 12 reads: "[Give me] the wretched refuse of your teeming shore." which of the following is likely NOT and intended effect of this line?

• It depicts immigrants as pitiful

• It indicates that many people are emigrating

• It welcomes people who have suffered

• It describes immigrants as trash

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