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- 1. Multiple Choice"Paul Revere's Ride" is an example of narrative poetry because itfocuses on descriptionsuses rhymeinvolves a plotincludes stanzas
- 2. Multiple ChoiceThe events presented in this narrative poem take placein the futureduring modern timesin the spring of 1975on April 18, 1775
- 3. Multiple ChoiceChoose the best way to paraphrase these lines:
"He said to his friend, 'If the British march
By land or sea from the town to-night,
Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch,
Of the North Church tower as a signal light, -
One if by land, and two if by sea"Paul Revere meets a new friend in the belfry arch at the North Church.Paul Revere tells his friend to use a lantern to signal when the British are coming.Some people know that the British soldiers will come into town at night.Half of the soldiers will march across land, and the other half will come by boat. - 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat does Revere expect people to do in response to his actions?join him on his warning rideattack the British on the seaprotect area roads and bridgesrise and arm themselves
- 5. Multiple Choice"Where swinging wide at her moorings lay
The Somerset, British man-of-war;
A phantom ship, with each mast and spar
Across the moon like a prison bar"
These lines suggest that the British warship looks likea moona prisonan animala mountain - 6. Multiple ChoiceRevere watches the North Church belfry fromLexingtona nearby farma boat in the baythe opposite shore
- 7. Multiple Choice"Till in the silence around him he hears
The muster of men at the barrack door,
The sound of arms, and the tramp of feet,
And the measured tread of the grenadiers,
Marching down to their boats on the shore."
What image do these lines create?soldiers marching together to their boatssoldiers using their arms and legs to swimpeople measuring the distance between placespeople stomping to get the attention of others - 8. Multiple ChoiceRevere's friend places two lanterns in the North Church belfry toshow Revere where to begin and end his ridetell Revere that the soldiers are coming by seaview the cemetary in the churchyard belowwarn colonists that British soldiers are coming
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat does Revere do after he sees the two lanterns?fights with a British soldier who tries to cross the riverclimbs the tower of the old North Church to join his friendcrosses the river to wait for the British to get out of their boatsrides to Medford to warn people that the soldiers are on the way
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat event do these lines describe?
"You know the rest. In the books you have read
How the British Regulars fired and fled,-
How the farmers gave them ball for ball,
From behind each fence and farmyard wall,
Chasing the redcoats down the lane,
Then crossing the fields to emerge again"a battle between British soldiers and coloniststhe destruction of farmers' crops in the nightRevere's ride through towns and villagesa drill that prepares colonists to fight - 11. Multiple ChoiceWhy does Paul Revere enlist a friend to monitor activity in Boston?Revere needs to begin his ride from outside the city so that he can get a head start on the British.The friend will alert citizens of Boston while Revere warns villagers and farmers.Revere suspects that whatever the British do in the city, they will repeat in the countryside.The plan for defeating the British calls for an attack to start as soon as troops march into the city.
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich event reveals to the reader how many lanterns the friend will hang in the belfry arch?Revere rows across the river to the Charlestown shore.The British soldiers take up their arms and begin to march.The friend sees boats lined up on the waters of the bay.Revere stamps his foot while he gazes at the belfry tower.
- 13. Multiple Choice"Where swinging wide at her moorings lay
The Somerset, British man-of-war;
A phantom ship, with each mast and spar
Across the moon like a prison bar
And a huge black hulk, that was magnified
By its own reflection in the tide."
In these lines, the British warship seemshauntedmenacingindestructibleuseless - 14. Multiple ChoiceParaphrase these lines:
"And I on the opposite shore will be,
Ready to ride and spread the alarm
Through every Middlesex village and farm,
For the country folk to be up and to arm."I will listen for the British to sound an alarm. When I hear it, I will ride across town to wake up soldiers so they can prepare to fight.I will watch for the signal lights from across the river. When I see them, I will ride through the country side, warning people to arm themselves.You and I will be on opposite sides during the conflict. You will fight for the British, and I will take up arms with farmers.The British want me to ride through the county, taking the colonists' horses and weapons. I will begin when I see their signal. - 15. Multiple Choice"Meanwhile, impatient to mount and ride,
Booted and spurred, with a heavy stride
On the opposite shore walked Paul Revere.
Now he patted his horse's side,
Now he gazed at the landscape far and near,
The, impetuous, stamped the earth"
In these lines, Longfellow develops the plot of the narrative poem byintroducing a new character to the actionconveying Revere's anxiety during the waitexplaining how Revere will perform his taskdescribing the setting of Revere's ride - 16. Multiple ChoiceRevere pauses after seeing the light in the belfry because he isdeciding which direction to ride firstgathering courage for the ridewaiting to see a second lightwondering if his friend will be safe
- 17. Multiple Choice"And beneath, from the pebbles, in passing, a spark
Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet;
That was all! And yet, through the gloom and the light,
The fate of a nation was riding that night;
And the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight,
Kindled the land into flame with its heat."
What does Longfellow compare Revere's ride to in these lines?a stranger that passes through a villagea river that empties into the oceana divided nation that unites during a wara small spark that starts a large fire - 18. Multiple Choice"And the meeting-house windows, black and bare,
Gaze at him with a spectral glare,
As if they already stood aghast
At the bloody work they would look upon."
What does the description of the meeting house suggest?Dead are buried at the meeting house.The British will burn the meeting house.A battle will occur near the meeting house.Revere expects to see a light in its windows. - 19. Multiple Choice"How the British Regulars fired and fled,-
How the farmers gave them ball for ball,
From behind each fence and farmyard wall,
Chasing the redcoats down the lane,
Then crossing the fields to emerge again
Under the trees at the turn of the road,
And only pausing to fire and load."
These lines suggest that the colonists have an advantage over the British soldiers because the colonistsknow the countryside better than the British soldiers dopersuade some British soldiers to reveal secrets about the British planapply battle tactics that they have read about in booksuse weapons that are easier to reload than those used by the British - 20. Multiple ChoiceLongfellow most likely intended for the poem tofrighten colonists about the onset of the warhonor the heroic actions of Reveregive a factual account of Revere's ridepersuade people to join the military
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