Q01of 10
How many willow trees originally stood at the site Lowell describes?
Q02of 10
In the quoted verse, Lowell compares the six willows to which constellation or star cluster?
Q03of 10
What does the phrase 'the seventh fallen' most likely signify in context?
Q04of 10
What threat did Lowell discover had been posted on 'his' willow tree?
Q05of 10
For what purpose did the owner intend to sell the willow trees, according to Lowell's letter?
Q06of 10
Which of the following best describes the overall tone of Lowell's letter to J.T. Fields?
Q07of 10
How does Lowell characterize the colonizers or settlers who cleared trees in *Under the Willows*?
Q08of 10
What structural device does Lowell employ by using the Pleiades metaphor for the six willows?
Q09of 10
What does Lowell's statement 'the dear friends of a lifetime' reveal about his relationship to the willows?
Q10of 10
Approximately how many years passed between Lowell's earlier poem *A Year's Life* (the 'Reverie') and the letter to J.T. Fields mentioned in the passage?
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