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BLESSING THE CORNFIELDS.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Ten questions on craft, meaning, and form. Untimed. Answer every question to submit.

Q01of 10

What is the predominant metrical form used throughout 'Blessing the Cornfields'?

Q02of 10

According to Hiawatha's instructions, what specific condition must exist when Minnehaha performs her protective walk?

Q03of 10

Which of the following best describes the symbolic role of Mondamin in the poem?

Q04of 10

What is the primary theme of the poem's opening stanzas describing buried weapons and unmolested hunters?

Q05of 10

How does Hiawatha ultimately deal with Kahgahgee, the King of Ravens, after the ambush?

Q06of 10

The ravens' reaction to Hiawatha's instructions—shaking the treetops with 'melancholy laughter'—primarily serves what narrative purpose?

Q07of 10

What cultural practice is described when a young woman finds a red ear of corn during the husking?

Q08of 10

Which poetic technique is most prominently displayed in the lines 'Heard them chattering like the magpies, / Heard them laughing like the blue-jays, / Heard them singing like the robins'?

Q09of 10

The tone during the description of Minnehaha's nighttime walk around the cornfields is best characterized as

Q10of 10

The image of dead ravens 'hung aloft on poles for scarecrows / Round the consecrated cornfields' functions primarily as

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