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KERAMOS.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

What physical setting opens the poem and establishes the frame narrative?

Q02of 10

How does the speaker describe the effect of sunlight and leaf-shadow on the Potter's face?

Q03of 10

Which real historical potter does the poem identify by name and celebrate for obsessive artistic dedication?

Q04of 10

What does the recurring refrain 'Turn, turn, my wheel!' most consistently symbolize throughout the poem?

Q05of 10

The poem's speaker compares being transported by the Potter's song to which of the following?

Q06of 10

Which Dutch city does the poem identify as the center of the Potter's trade, famous for its distinctive ceramics?

Q07of 10

In the section set in Italy, the poem credits which famous Renaissance artist as the source of inspiration for the ceramic painter Francesco Xanto?

Q08of 10

What is the dominant theme of the poem's closing stanza, spoken by the Potter himself as the church bell tolls noon?

Q09of 10

The poem's phrase 'Art is the child of Nature' most directly expresses which of the following ideas?

Q10of 10

How does the poem use the image of 'broken potsherds of the past' in its final stanza?

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