trivia questions

Longfellow's narrative of an Ojibwa Indian's life during peacetime is called what?
a. The Song of Hiawatha
b. The Tune of My Friend
c. Mending Wall
d. The Beast in the Jungle
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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born

February 27, 1807

died

December 13, 1901

gender

male

place of birth

Cambridge, Massachusetts, The United States

genre

Poetry

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and "Evangeline". He was also the first American to translate Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy and was one of the five members of the group known as the Fireside Poets.

Longfellow was born in Portland, Maine and studied at Bowdoin College. After spending time in Europe he became a professor at Bowdoin and, later, at Harvard College. His first major poetry collections were Voices of the Night (1839) and Ballads and Other Poems (1842). Longfellow retired from teaching in 1854 to focus on his writing, though he lived the remainder of his life in Cambridge, Massachusetts in a former headquarters of Ge...more

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avg rating: 3.98 | 1,370 ratings | 179 reviews | 104 distinct works | 8 fans

	Evangeline by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow avg rating 3.73 — 161 ratings — published 1847 24 editions	my rating:
	The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow avg rating 3.83 — 135 ratings — published 1855 44 editions	my rating:
	The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow avg rating 3.98 — 103 ratings — published 1973 15 editions	my rating:
	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Poems and Other Writings by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow avg rating 4.14 — 66 ratings — published 2000	my rating:
	Favorite Poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow avg rating 4.20 — 55 ratings — published 1871 20 editions	my rating:
	The Courtship of Miles Standish by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow avg rating 3.36 — 33 ratings — published 1899 3 editions	my rating:
	The Complete Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow avg rating 3.83 — 29 ratings — published 1904 10 editions	my rating:
	Evangeline and Other Poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow avg rating 3.92 — 25 ratings — published 1964 6 editions	my rating:
	Tales of a Wayside Inn by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow avg rating 4.22 — 18 ratings — published 1863 6 editions	my rating:
	The Children's Hour by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow avg rating 4.31 — 13 ratings — published 1993	my rating: