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NUREMBERG.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

What is the primary geographical setting established in the poem's opening lines?

Q02of 10

Which stanza form does Longfellow use throughout 'Nuremberg'?

Q03of 10

The poem's central thesis is most clearly stated in which of these lines?

Q04of 10

How does Longfellow characterize Albrecht Dürer's departure from Nuremberg?

Q05of 10

What literary device is most prominent in the lines 'Building nests in Fame's great temple, / as in spouts the swallows build'?

Q06of 10

The inscription 'Emigravit' on Dürer's tombstone is used to convey which idea?

Q07of 10

Which of the following best describes the poem's speaker?

Q08of 10

The image of Hans Sachs's house having become 'an ale-house, with a nicely sanded floor' primarily conveys which tone?

Q09of 10

In the lines about the weaver and the smith, Longfellow employs which rhetorical technique to celebrate the Mastersingers?

Q10of 10

What does Longfellow identify as the ultimate moral or 'gathering' of his visit to Nuremberg?

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