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THE MARCH OF MILES STANDISH.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

What is the primary structural form Longfellow uses throughout this passage?

Q02of 10

When Standish reflects that 'What I thought was a flower, is only a weed,' what literary technique is most clearly at work?

Q03of 10

The warriors Pecksuot and Wattawamat are compared to 'Goliath of Gath' and 'the terrible Og, king of Bashan.' What is the effect of these allusions?

Q04of 10

According to the poem, what do the two warriors wear around their necks, and what does this detail foreshadow?

Q05of 10

Which theme is most directly developed through Standish's interior monologue during the three-day march?

Q06of 10

The lines 'like a flurry of snow on the whistling wind of December, / Swift and sudden and keen came a flight of feathery arrows' primarily exemplify which technique?

Q07of 10

How does the narrator characterize the tone of Standish's anger at the opening of the passage?

Q08of 10

What is Priscilla's reaction when Wattawamat's head is displayed as a war trophy, and what does this reveal about her character?

Q09of 10

When Standish offers the Native emissaries the Bible instead of muskets and powder, and they then 'began to boast and to bluster,' the episode most likely serves to:

Q10of 10

The phrase 'Seeming in death to hold back from his foe the land of his fathers' at Wattawamat's fall is best understood as conveying:

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