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THE SKELETON IN ARMOR.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

What form does Longfellow use throughout 'The Skeleton in Armor,' and what is its most notable structural feature?

Q02of 10

What is the speaker's primary purpose in visiting the narrator at the poem's opening?

Q03of 10

When the skeleton's voice first emerges, Longfellow compares it to which natural image?

Q04of 10

What technique does Longfellow employ when he writes that the skeleton's eyes produced 'Pale flashes' resembling 'the Northern skies / Gleam in December'?

Q05of 10

How does old Hildebrand initially respond when the Viking asks for his daughter's hand?

Q06of 10

Which of the following best describes the poem's central theme?

Q07of 10

What ultimately causes the Viking to fall upon his own spear?

Q08of 10

The tower the Viking builds for his wife is described as still standing 'to this very hour.' What narrative function does this detail serve?

Q09of 10

In the stanza beginning 'Once as I told in glee,' Longfellow uses which image to describe how the woman's eyes affected the Viking's dark heart?

Q10of 10

At the poem's conclusion, the Viking cries 'Skoal! to the Northland! skoal!' What does this closing moment most clearly indicate?

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