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Quiz — Storgy

The following apparent errors in the source text were corrected:.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

What is the primary purpose of this text, despite being attributed to Longfellow?

Q02of 10

At line 668, the word 'goods' was corrected to 'Gods.' What does this suggest about the original source document?

Q03of 10

Which of the following corrections involved punctuation rather than spelling?

Q04of 10

The correction at line 346 involving 'manoeuvre' required splitting an oe ligature. What does a ligature refer to in typography?

Q05of 10

Both corrections at line 909 address errors in the same line. What were the two words corrected?

Q06of 10

The correction at line 840 changes 'their' to 'there.' What category of error does this represent?

Q07of 10

A hyphen was added at line 718 to the word 'father-confessor.' Why might this correction matter in a literary text?

Q08of 10

At line 1256, 'reecho' was changed to 're-echo.' This correction is most analogous to which other fix in the list?

Q09of 10

The correction at line 1083 changes 'rivre' to 'river.' What type of typographical error does 'rivre' most likely represent?

Q10of 10

What does the existence of this errata list most strongly indicate about the document it accompanies?

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