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THE CHILDREN'S HOUR.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

What time of day does the speaker identify as 'the Children's Hour'?

Q02of 10

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

Q03of 10

The speaker uses extended castle imagery — turret, fortress, dungeon — primarily to convey what idea?

Q04of 10

What is the most likely purpose of the allusion to 'the Bishop of Bingen / In his Mouse-Tower on the Rhine'?

Q05of 10

How are the three daughters characterized when they first appear on the stair?

Q06of 10

Which poetic technique is most prominent in the stanza beginning 'A sudden rush from the stairway'?

Q07of 10

The tone of the poem is best described as which of the following?

Q08of 10

In the final two stanzas, the speaker promises to keep the children 'forever and a day.' What does this hyperbole most clearly communicate?

Q09of 10

The phrase 'o blue-eyed banditti' is an example of which two devices used simultaneously?

Q10of 10

According to the poem, what do the children do immediately before making their sudden rush into the study?

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