Q01of 10
What time of night does the poem's opening stanza establish?
Q02of 10
The phrase 'Like the trumpets of Iskander' is an allusion to which historical or legendary figure?
Q03of 10
What is the primary structural device Longfellow uses to develop the poem's central conflict?
Q04of 10
In the stanza beginning 'Dust are all the hands that wrought,' what does the night-wind call books?
Q05of 10
The image of 'the brand of Meleager / Dying on the hearth-stone' draws on a myth in which a hero's life is tied to what object?
Q06of 10
Which of the following best describes the overall tone of the speaker's final answer to the night-wind?
Q07of 10
What does the singing blackened log in the second stanza primarily represent?
Q08of 10
In the stanza beginning 'Then the flicker of the blaze,' the firelight illuminates 'volumes of old days / Written by masters of the art.' What role do these books play in the poem's argument?
Q09of 10
The night-wind's claim that great figures 'walk with feet of air / Leave no long-enduring marks' employs which poetic technique?
Q10of 10
The night-wind describes God's 'forges incandescent' where 'mighty hammers beat incessant' and calls human achievements 'but the flying sparks.' What idea does this imagery convey?
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