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QUEEN THYRI AND THE ANGELICA STALKS.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

What does King Olaf carry into Thyri's chamber as a gesture of goodwill?

Q02of 10

How does Queen Thyri respond to King Olaf's gift?

Q03of 10

Which of the following best describes the poem's overall structure?

Q04of 10

What taunt does Thyri use to goad Olaf into action?

Q05of 10

The simile 'Like a rainy midnight / Sat the Drottning Thyri' is best described as conveying what about her state of mind?

Q06of 10

The image of Thyri's 'jewelled fingers' glistening 'Like the dews of morn' through the green leaves primarily functions to do what?

Q07of 10

What does Olaf's final laughing remark—'Not ten yoke of oxen / Have the power to draw us / Like a woman's hair!'—suggest about the poem's central theme?

Q08of 10

The poem alludes to 'King Harald Gormson' primarily to serve what narrative purpose?

Q09of 10

Which word best describes the tone of King Olaf's reply—'Never yet did Olaf / Fear King Svend of Denmark'—after Thyri's taunting?

Q10of 10

The repeated image of sea-gulls—first flying 'northward over Drontheim' and later describing the sailing fleet—primarily serves what structural or thematic function?

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