Q01of 10
The poem opens and closes with the speaker recalling Amalfi from a very different physical setting. What is that setting?
Q02of 10
In the second stanza, what practical function does the Canneto river serve for the town?
Q03of 10
The phrase 'It is a stairway, not a street' is primarily an example of which poetic technique?
Q04of 10
What is the dominant tone when Longfellow describes the peasant girls toiling up the ravine?
Q05of 10
The monk leans over his terrace wondering why all men cannot be 'as indolent as he.' This characterization of the monk is best described as:
Q06of 10
In the stanza beginning 'Where are now the freighted barks,' Longfellow employs a series of rhetorical questions. What theme do these questions collectively advance?
Q07of 10
Longfellow writes that Amalfi's ancient wharves lie 'fathoms deep beneath the seas.' This image of a submerged city leads directly to which closing moral statement of that stanza?
Q08of 10
The distant ruins of Paestum, glimpsed on the coast, are described as a 'lonely land of doom.' This allusion most likely reinforces which aspect of the poem's central concern?
Q09of 10
At the end of the poem, the monk 'sinks…fathoms down / Into caverns cool and deep.' This description of him falling asleep deliberately echoes which earlier image?
Q10of 10
Which of the following best describes the overall structure of 'Amalfi'?
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