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JOHN ENDICOTT..

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

What biblical figure does the haunting voice implicitly compare the speaker to when it asks, 'Why dost thou persecute me, Saul of Tarsus?'

Q02of 10

The speaker compares the earth to 'a huge Ixion's wheel.' What does this mythological allusion primarily convey?

Q03of 10

Which term does the disembodied voice in the dream use to describe the elm-tree Common?

Q04of 10

When the speaker looks at the masts of ships in the morning light, he compares them to which of the following?

Q05of 10

What is the speaker's stated plan for interceding on behalf of the condemned Quakers?

Q06of 10

How does the speaker characterize his father's overall disposition?

Q07of 10

The description of the town as 'Gloomy and narrow' lying 'in shadow' beneath the speaker most directly creates what contrast?

Q08of 10

The line 'A word that has been said may be unsaid: / It is but air' functions primarily to emphasize which idea?

Q09of 10

The overall tone of the speaker's soliloquy is best described as which of the following?

Q10of 10

What keeps the speaker from sleeping soundly, according to the opening lines of the passage?

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