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TITUBA..

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

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

Q01of 10

Which poetic form best describes the structure of Tituba's monologue?

Q02of 10

What does Tituba say 'deadly nightshade' specifically causes?

Q03of 10

The extended list of poisonous plants at the opening of the monologue functions primarily as what kind of literary device?

Q04of 10

What is the central theme of Tituba's monologue?

Q05of 10

In the lines 'Am stronger than the captain... / Am richer than the merchant... / Am wiser than the scholar,' Longfellow employs which rhetorical device?

Q06of 10

How does the final couplet 'while they call me slave, are slaves to me' function in the monologue?

Q07of 10

The imagery of 'fill their bones with aches,' 'cough with asthma,' and 'shake with palsy' primarily contributes to which tone?

Q08of 10

The stage direction 'Exit TITUBA. Enter MATHER, booted and spurred' is significant because it suggests what about the dramatic context?

Q09of 10

Tituba states that 'the shipwreck, the tornado, and the fire' are 'my doings.' What makes this claim particularly powerful within the poem's logic?

Q10of 10

Which figure is conspicuously absent from Tituba's list of those she surpasses—'captain,' 'merchant,' 'scholar,' 'Ministers and Magistrates'?

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