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. 12. Q. To what parts of the United States were they taken? A. To North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. 13. Q. In the haste and confusion of sending them off, what occurred as to many families? A. They were separated, and some at least never came together again. 14. Q. What is the story of Evangeline? A. It is the story of such a separation. 15. Q. What is the measure in which the story of Evangeline is written? A. It is what is commonly known as English dactylic hexameter. 16. Q. What is a dactyl? A. It is a poetical foot of three syllables, of which the first is long and the other two short. 17. Q. In dactylic hexameter how many of these feet are there in a line? A. Six. 18. Q. Name some noted classical poems written in dactylic hexameter. A. Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, and Virgil’s Æneid. 19. Q. With what description does part the first of Evangeline open? A. With a description of Grand Pré in 1755. 20. Q. What person is introduced as the wealthiest farmer of Grand Pré? A. Benedict Bellefontaine, the father of Evangeline. 21. Q. What was the age of Evangeline at the time the story opens? A. Seventeen. 22. Q. Who was the accepted suitor of Evangeline? A. Gabriel Lajeunesse, the son of Basil the blacksmith. 23. Q. Who attested the contract for the marriage of Evangeline and Gabriel? A. René Leblanc, the notary. 24. Q. On the 5th of September, 1755, the day following the execution of the marriage contract, what had the male inhabitants of Grand Pré and the surrounding country been summoned to do by proclamation of Col. Winslow, the commander of the New England troops? A. To attend him in the church at Grand Pré to hear a communication which the governor had sent. 25. Q. How many assembled in the church on this occasion? A. Four hundred and eighteen men and boys. 26. Q. After they had assembled, what did Winslow do? A. He surrounded the church with a guard and made all the inmates prisoners. 27. Q. What did he state was the decision of the king in reference to them? A. That all their lands, dwellings, and cattle were forfeited to the crown, and they themselves were to be transported to other provinces. 28. Q. How long were they kept prisoners in the church? A. Until the 10th of September.