Q01of 10
What is the primary form of address Longfellow uses throughout the poem?
Q02of 10
The simile 'stalked those birds unknown, that have left us only their footprints' most likely alludes to which concept?
Q03of 10
Which image does Longfellow use to represent the encroaching westward expansion in the final stanza?
Q04of 10
What is the tone of Longfellow's invitation for the chief to return to his homeland?
Q05of 10
In the second stanza, what rhetorical device does Longfellow use in the lines beginning 'How canst thou walk these streets' and 'How canst thou breathe this air'?
Q06of 10
The reference to 'down-trodden millions / Starve in the garrets of Europe' serves primarily to do which of the following?
Q07of 10
What does 'Behemoth' most plausibly represent in the context of the fourth stanza?
Q08of 10
Which of the following best describes the poem's metrical pattern?
Q09of 10
According to the poem, what is the significance of the 'cloud of dust in the gray of the daybreak' seen on the prairies?
Q10of 10
The closing image of 'the blast of the east-wind' drifting 'the scanty smokes of thy wigwams' westward is best understood as symbolizing which of the following?
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