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Paul Revere's Life
Revere's Politics
Revere's Secret Codes
Personality Traits
Revere's Ride
100
What word defines "belonging to a guard or sentry
What is sentinels
100
Revere's political interest were a. against the British b. against the colonists
a. against the British
100
Objects used by Revere for his secret code
What are lanterns?
100
What personality trait can you infer from "And through the night went his cry/ of alarm/ To every Middlesex village and farm,- A cry of defiance and not of fear"
What is Bravery
100
a. morning b. noon c. midnight
What is the time of day that his famous ride took place?
200
What word means "acting suddenly or impulsively"
What is impetuous
200
Name two pairs of words that best captures the nature of Paul Revere's heroism?
What are daring and patriotism
200
Location where the lanterns hung?
What is the tower of the Old North Church in Boston?
200
What best expresses author's purpose in following lines "A hurry of hoofs in a village street,/ A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark,/ And beneath, from the pebbles, in passing, a spark/ Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet"
What is author wanting to stress that Paul Revere was on horseback
200
The message that Paul Revere was delivering
What is "The Bristish are Coming"?
300
Define spectral
What is ghostly
300
What is the author's purpose "And yet, through the gloom and the light/ The fate of a nation was riding that night"
What is to stress the importance of what occurred
300
One lantern meant
What is an attack by land?
300
What best explains the meaning "And the spark stuck out by the steed in his flight/ Kindled the land into flame with its heat"
What is Reveres ride sparked a rebellion across the land
300
What three towns does Revere pass through on his ride?
What is Lexington and Concord and Medford
400
Define aghast
What is terrified
400
Revere watched the movements of the British to alert the colonists. a. False b. True
b. True
400
Two lanterns meant
What is a British attack by sea?
400
What is the meaning of the signals "One if by land, and two if by sea"
What is one lantern in the belfry if they come by land, and two lanterns if they come by sea
400
Historical characters are figures who?
What are they really lived at some time during the past
500
Define bleating
What is the crying of sheep
500
Revere made an engraving about this event that even though was not historically accurate, served to fuel the colonist's anger towards the British.
What is Boston Massacre?
500
The type of attack that the British were planning.
What is an attack by sea?
500
What is author's purpose " Through all our history, to the last/ In the hour of darkness and the peril and need,/ The people will waken and listen to hear/ The hurrying hoof-beats of that stead..."
What is to stress the importance of his mission
500
The date of the Midnight Ride
What is April 18, 1775?