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THE WHITE MAN'S FOOT.

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

What happens to the old man (Peboan) when the sun rises at the end of the contest between Winter and Spring?

Q02of 10

What does the young man Segwun claim happens when he 'shake[s] my flowing ringlets'?

Q03of 10

What object is left on the wigwam's hearth-stone after Winter vanishes?

Q04of 10

Which literary device is primarily used when the poem describes the old man's tears as 'from melting lakes the streamlets'?

Q05of 10

How does the village react to Iagoo's account of the great canoe with wings and pale-faced strangers?

Q06of 10

What is the structural role of the sunrise in the poem's first narrative?

Q07of 10

How does Hiawatha's response to Iagoo's story differ from that of his fellow villagers?

Q08of 10

Hiawatha's prophecy includes a 'darker, drearier vision' after welcoming the strangers. What does this darker vision foretell?

Q09of 10

What does the phrase 'the White-man's Foot in blossom' most likely symbolize in Hiawatha's vision?

Q10of 10

The old man's opening setting—a dying fire, torn wrapper, and roaring tempest—primarily establishes which of the following?

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