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THE TWO RECORDING ANGELS ASCENDING.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

What is the structural device Longfellow uses to organize the poem into two distinct sections?

Q02of 10

In the opening stanza, the mountain brook is compared to whom or what?

Q03of 10

The maiden who scatters 'freshness on the barren sands' is primarily a symbol of which theme?

Q04of 10

The phrase 'yielding, but irresistible air' is used to characterize which quality?

Q05of 10

What physical detail signals that the Angel of Evil Deeds' book is different from the Angel of Good Deeds' book at the start of their respective sections?

Q06of 10

What causes the evil deeds recorded in the open book to fade and disappear?

Q07of 10

Which poetic technique best describes the lines 'Deep and loud / As the reverberation / Of cloud answering unto cloud'?

Q08of 10

What is the overall tone of the Angel of Good Deeds' speech?

Q09of 10

The final stanza's characterization of Lucifer as 'God's minister' who 'labors for some good / By us not understood' most closely reflects which theological idea?

Q10of 10

At the very end of the poem, the Angel of Evil Deeds ascends to God with what?

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