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Most Americans will be familiar with Longfellow's historically inaccurate but stirring poem 'Paul Revere's Ride'. Not as many will be familiar with 'The Song of Hiawatha', and those who recognise him as the first American to translate Dante's 'Divine Comedy' into English are few and far between.
2 quizzes and 25 trivia questions.
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  Longfellow from A to Z part 1    
Multiple Choice
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The two parts of this quiz will take you, the quiz taker, through an alphabetical list of some of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poems.
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  Longfellow from A to Z part 2    
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The second part of this quiz will finish the alphabetical list of some of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poems. NOTE: The last two questions of this quiz revert back to the beginning of the alphabet.
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What was the title of the Longfellow poem that began, "Oh, that a song would sing itself to me"?

From Quiz "Longfellow from A to Z part 1"




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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Trivia Questions

1. In "The Poet's Calendar", how did Longfellow describe the month of June?

From Quiz
Longfellow from A to Z part 2

Answer: Month of roses

"The Poet's Calendar" was part of the "In the Harbor" poetry collection. Each month was described by one stanza except the month of January which had two stanzas. Longfellow also described June as the fairest daughter of the year.

2. What is the last word in Longfellow's poem, "Annie of Tharaw"? 'She is his lambkin, his chick, and his ____'.

From Quiz Longfellow from A to Z part 1

Answer: Dove

"Annie of Tharaw" was also the name of a song put together by Simon Von Dach in 1635. The song was about a woman who was the exact opposite of the woman portrayed in the poem written by Longfellow in 1844. The poem can be found in Longfellow's poetry collection titled, "Translations".

3. In "To the River Yvette", where were the bells ringing?

From Quiz Longfellow from A to Z part 2

Answer: St. Forget

"To the River Yvette" was a Longfellow poem published in the "Birds of Passage" poetry collection. The Yvette river was located in Paris, France. St. Forget was a village close to Paris where over five hundred people lived. The Yvette river ran by St. Forget which is why the river was able to hear the bells.

4. In Longfellow's poem, "Blessing the _________", what was the missing word of the title? (This is a section of a longer poem)

From Quiz Longfellow from A to Z part 1

Answer: Cornfields

"Blessing the Cornfields" was part thirteen of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "The Song of Hiawatha". In this section, Hiawatha was asking his wife Minnehaha to bless the cornfields so they would be protected from mildew or insects. Longfellow began writing "The Song of Hiawatha" in 1854.

5. "Never errant ______ of old" was a line in the Longfellow poem, "Songo River". What was the missing word?

From Quiz Longfellow from A to Z part 2

Answer: Knight

Songo River was a stream located in Cumberland County, Maine. Longfellow wrote "Songo River" in 1875 while spending the last part of summer in Maine. The poem can be found in the "Birds of Passage" poetry collection.

6. What did Longfellow want the sleeping child to lay upon his mother's breast in "The Child Asleep"?

From Quiz Longfellow from A to Z part 1

Answer: Eyelid

The poem was from Longfellow's poetry collection entitled, "Translations". The poem was also translated into French by Marguerite Clotilde and put to music by Edward Schaaf in 1902.

7. In "Twilight", whose face was pressed against the window waiting for someone to come?

From Quiz Longfellow from A to Z part 2

Answer: Child

"Twilight" was part of the "Seaside and Fireside" poetry anthology. The poem took place at night in a fisherman's cottage as a wife and child waited for their loved one to return to them.

8. In the Longfellow poem "Decoration Day", what was the first word of the poem?

From Quiz Longfellow from A to Z part 1

Answer: Sleep

Longfellow's poem was about a burial ground where the soldiers were finally at their rest. "Decoration Day" was part of the poetry anthology entitled "In the Harbor" published in 1882.

9. Into how many parts is Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem "Evangeline" separated?

From Quiz Longfellow from A to Z part 1

Answer: Two parts

Henry Wadsworth's famous poem was broken into two parts with each part having five subparts. "Evangeline" was the story of a young French woman searching for her lover Gabriel who died in his arms on the day she found him. Longfellow wrote "Evangeline" in 1845 and published the poem on November 1, 1847.

10. In "Whither", what was happening to the brooklet in the first stanza?

From Quiz Longfellow from A to Z part 2

Answer: Gushing

"Whither" was published in 1839 in the "Translations" poetry collection. The poem was originally written in German by Wilhelm Muller.

11. When will Longfellow forsake his love in the poem, "Forsaken"?

From Quiz Longfellow from A to Z part 1

Answer: Upon her death

"Forsaken" was part of the "Translations" poetry collection. It was published in 1878.

12. According to Longfellow's poem "Youth and Age", in whom can desire not be awoken?

From Quiz Longfellow from A to Z part 2

Answer: Old man

Longfellow translated "Youth and Age" from an Italian sonnet. The poem was published in the "Translations" poetry collection.

13. What famous sea was mentioned in Longfellow's "The Golden Milestone"?

From Quiz Longfellow from A to Z part 1

Answer: Red Sea

"Leafless are the trees; their purple branches spread themselves abroad, like reefs of coral rising silent in the Red Sea of the winter sunset." The aforementioned quote is the first three lines of Longfellow's poem, "The Golden Milestone". Longfellow's poem can be found in the "Birds of Passage" poetry collection published in 1845.

14. What is the first word of Longfellow's poem, "The Assumption of the Virgin"?

From Quiz Longfellow from A to Z part 2

Answer: Lady

A statue of Our Lady of Assumption was created by a distant relative of Longfellow's in the 1930s. The poem was originally written by Ponce De Leon. "The Assumption of the Virgin" can be found in Longfellow's "Translations" poetry collection.

15. In "The Happiest Land", who was the first person to speak up about where the happiest land really was?

From Quiz Longfellow from A to Z part 1

Answer: Swabian

The Swabian was the first person to speak about his land being the happiest land. After that, the Saxon and the Bohemian spoke that their land was the happiest land. Only after the others brought up their happiest land, did the landlord's daughter speak out that heaven was indeed the happiest land. Longfellow's poem was published in the "Translations" poetry collection. The poems in this anthology were all translated from German; in 1836 Longfellow spent a winter in that country.

16. In "Blind Bartimaeus", where was Bartimaeus sitting at the gates?

From Quiz Longfellow from A to Z part 2

Answer: Jericho

Longfellow wrote this poem after reading Mark 10 in Greek. He sent a note to Samuel Ward along with a copy of the poem. Longfellow wrote the responses of the crowd, Jesus, and Bartimaeus in Greek so only those who read Greek would understand what was said. "Blind Bartimaeus" can be found in "Ballads and Other Poems" published in 1841.

17. What was in her beautiful eyes in the Longfellow poem, "In the Churchyard at Cambridge"?

From Quiz Longfellow from A to Z part 1

Answer: Dust

Rumor had it that the woman written about "In the Churchyard at Cambridge" was Madame Vassel who was buried with one slave at her feet and one slave at her head just as the poem had said. "In the Churchyard at Cambridge" was in the "Birds of Passage" poetry anthology which was published in 1845.

18. In "Jugurtha", which Roman god was addressed?

From Quiz Longfellow from A to Z part 1

Answer: Apollo

Jugurtha was the name of a Libyan king executed in 104 B.C. Jugurtha cried out to Apollo as he entered the dungeon where he stayed until his death. The poem "Jugurtha" was part of the "Ultima Thule" poetry collection published in 1880.

19. What was King Christian standing in, in the self-titled poem?

From Quiz Longfellow from A to Z part 1

Answer: Mist and smoke

"King Christian" was written as the national song of Denmark. The poem was written in 1835 and became part of the "Translations" poetry collection. Longfellow was in Copenhagen when he first heard the song that later he had translated into this poem.

20. Which seasonal wind did Longfellow say was to be soft and delicate to the touch in "The Lover's Complaint"?

From Quiz Longfellow from A to Z part 1

Answer: Summer

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow translated this Spanish poem into English in 1831. The poem was originally written by Fernando de Herrera.

21. What was the title of the Longfellow poem that began, "Oh, that a song would sing itself to me"?

From Quiz Longfellow from A to Z part 1

Answer: Moods

"Moods" was part of the "Birds of Passage" poetry collection published in 1845.

22. What two words were repeated by "The Old Clock on the Stairs"?

From Quiz Longfellow from A to Z part 1

Answer: Forever, never

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote this poem on the word of a French missionary named Bridaine who wrote, 'This is a clock of which the pendulum says and repeats endlessly those two words only in the tombs' silence, -- Always, never! Never, always! And during these frightening changes, a condemned one cries out, `What time is it?' and the voice of another wretched one replies, `Eternity.' The house mentioned in the poem was the Pluckett house lived in by Henry's grandfather-in-law. The Longfellows lived there the summer of 1843, but he didn't write the poem until the winter of 1845. "The Old Clock on the Stairs" can be found in "The Belfry of Bruges" poetry collection published in 1845.

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