Q01of 10
What structural feature does Longfellow use throughout this poem that most clearly marks it as an imitation of oral epic tradition?
Q02of 10
In the story Iagoo tells, the Wolverine breaks through the sky on the third leap. This episode most closely functions as what type of narrative element?
Q03of 10
Which image does the poem use to describe the Wolverine's leap cracking the sky the second time?
Q04of 10
After Pau-Puk-Keewis wins all the young men's possessions, he stakes everything on a final throw. What does he wager to win?
Q05of 10
The simile 'Like the eyes of wolves glared at him' appears twice in the poem. Its repetition primarily reinforces which thematic idea?
Q06of 10
What is the tone of Pau-Puk-Keewis as he wanders through the village after his gambling victory?
Q07of 10
When Pau-Puk-Keewis reaches Hiawatha's lodge, he refers to Minnehaha as 'the silly Laughing Water.' What technique does this phrase primarily illustrate?
Q08of 10
Kahgahgee, the King of Ravens, sitting on Hiawatha's ridge-pole and screaming at Pau-Puk-Keewis functions most clearly as what?
Q09of 10
The poem's opening eight lines address a second-person 'you.' This narrative stance is best described as which of the following?
Q10of 10
At the end of the excerpt, why do the seagulls send a message to Hiawatha?
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