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HIAWATHA AND MUDJEKEEWIS.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

What is the overall structural form of 'Hiawatha and Mudjekeewis'?

Q02of 10

Which of the following best describes the recurring image 'Like a living coal his heart was'?

Q03of 10

What is the central theme of the confrontation between Hiawatha and Mudjekeewis?

Q04of 10

Who is the speaker of the poem's opening lines, 'Out of childhood into manhood / Now had grown my Hiawatha'?

Q05of 10

What literary technique does Longfellow primarily use in the lines 'Lurid seemed the sky above him, / Lurid seemed the earth beneath him'?

Q06of 10

What is the tone of Mudjekeewis's greeting, 'Youth is lovely, age is lonely; / Youth is fiery, age is frosty'?

Q07of 10

Hiawatha lies to Mudjekeewis by claiming the 'great Apukwa' can harm him. What rhetorical purpose does this deception serve in the narrative?

Q08of 10

The lines 'Where into the empty spaces / Sinks the sun, as a flamingo / Drops into her nest at nightfall' employ which technique?

Q09of 10

According to the poem, why does Hiawatha halt at the Falls of Minnehaha on his journey home?

Q10of 10

What reward does Mudjekeewis promise Hiawatha at the end of their battle?

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