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Quiz — Storgy

PAU-PUK-KEEWIS.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

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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