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NATHANAEL..

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

What is the speaker's primary physical condition at the opening of the poem?

Q02of 10

What does the phrase 'roofless temple of the air' most likely represent?

Q03of 10

Which figure of speech best describes calling the quail's call 'Sabbath-breaking'?

Q04of 10

What role does Mount Tabor play in the poem's extended metaphor?

Q05of 10

Who is the 'High-Priest' implied by the phrase 'unseen hand of some High-Priest'?

Q06of 10

What is the overall tone of the poem?

Q07of 10

The biblical allusion in the title 'Nathanael' most directly connects the poem's situation to which New Testament theme?

Q08of 10

What structural feature best describes the poem's form?

Q09of 10

The phrase 'bearded, ripening ears' uses which technique to describe the wheat?

Q10of 10

What does the closing line 'It were no harm, if we should pluck and eat' primarily suggest?

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