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MARY, MOTHER OF JAMES..

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

What is the speaker's immediate practical concern in the poem?

Q02of 10

The poem's three-line structure is best described as which of the following?

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The word 'Lo' at the opening of the poem primarily serves to

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Which literary technique does Longfellow use by placing 'the garden' and 'the sepulchre' in close proximity within one sentence?

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The speaker's question 'But who shall roll away the stone' functions on which two levels simultaneously?

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The tone of the poem is best characterized as

Q07of 10

The biblical allusion in the poem most directly references which event?

Q08of 10

Mary, the mother of James, is best understood in this poem as representing

Q09of 10

The use of 'yonder' in 'yonder is the sepulchre' contributes which effect to the poem?

Q10of 10

The poem ends with a question rather than a statement, which primarily creates a sense of

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