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THE HUNTING OF PAU-PUK-KEEWIS.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

Which of the following best describes the overall structure of 'The Hunting of Pau-Puk-Keewis'?

Q02of 10

When Hiawatha first hears of Pau-Puk-Keewis's misdeeds, his anger is compared to which creature?

Q03of 10

What does Pau-Puk-Keewis do from the lowlands when the hunters find only his resting place on the headlands?

Q04of 10

The imagery of Pau-Puk-Keewis stuck in the beaver lodge—'puffed with pride and feeding' and 'swollen like a bladder'—primarily functions to convey which theme?

Q05of 10

What warning do the brant give Pau-Puk-Keewis before the flock takes flight, and what is the immediate consequence of ignoring it?

Q06of 10

In the poem's final transformation, what fate does Hiawatha assign to the spirit of Pau-Puk-Keewis?

Q07of 10

How does the poem's closing image—winter snowflakes and wind around the lodges—connect to Pau-Puk-Keewis?

Q08of 10

Which literary technique is most consistently used in lines such as 'Over rock and over river, / Through bush, and brake, and forest'?

Q09of 10

The phrase 'the cunning Pau-Puk-Keewis' recurs throughout the poem. What is the primary effect of this repeated epithet?

Q10of 10

What role does the 'Old Man of the Mountain' (the Manito of Mountains) play in the poem's plot?

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