2. Q. When and where was Longfellow born, and when did he die? A. He was born in Portland, Maine, February 27, 1807, and died March 24, 1882.
3. Q. To what did he devote the greater part of his life? A. To literature, and to teaching in connection with literature.
4. Q. What was the first volume he published? A. An essay on the moral and devotional poetry of Spain.
5. Q. What are two of his best known prose works. A. “Outre-mer” and “Hyperion.”
6. Q. What is perhaps the best known of Longfellow’s short poems? A. “The Psalm of Life.”
7. Q. What celebrated work did Longfellow translate out of the Italian? A. Dante’s “Divina Commedia.”
8. Q. Name three of the longer well known poems that Longfellow wrote. A. “The Song of Hiawatha,” “The Courtship of Miles Standish,” and “Evangeline.”
9. Q. On what historical incident is the story of “Evangeline” founded? A. The forcible removal of the French from Acadia by the English in 1755.
10. Q. By what name is Acadia now known? A. Nova Scotia.
11. Q. How many of the Acadians were sent out of the country at this time? A. About three thousand.