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720-727. Explain. What was the funeral dirge which she heard What was the
voice that replied? What is the Muse? Who appeals to it? How is it to be
followed?

SEC. II.

_On the River. Forebodings._

Lesson XVI, Lines 741-789.

Has the author followed the wanderer's footsteps in Sec. I, Part II? Locate
scene pictured in lines 741-745. How were these people bound together? How
strongly? Picture the scene in lines 757-765 clearly. Why Golden Coast?
What is a maze? What did the moss look like? What is demoniac laughter? What
purpose does the author serve in bringing in this incident? Describe scene
in lines 763-767. How did the exiles feel this night? What about the mimosa?
What are the hoof-beats of fate? What effect have the hoof-beats? Was
Evangeline in the same mood as the others? Read to line 863, and then
consider carefully the scene and events to line 790. Study with care.

_Night on the River. The Passing._

Lesson XVII, Lines 790-841.

Explain lines 790-794 and lines 798-799. Why do you suppose the bugle was
not heard? What if it was? Why did they row at midnight? Why does the author
bring in something weird again as in line 805? Note change from night with
its weird uncertainty to day with its quiet peace and beauty. Why refer to
Jacob's ladder? How can you account for conditions given in lines 824-5?
Note that here a calm precedes the storm. Who were in the boat speeding
north? What was the last we heard of Gabriel? What changes had occurred in
his appearance? How did he take his lot and disappointment? How different
from Evangeline? Does the account of the passing seem reasonable? Are such
occurrences common in general life?

_Evangeline's Dream. Arrival._

Lesson XVIII, Lines 842-887.

Does it seem reasonable that Evangeline felt Gabriel was near? Explain and
learn lines 852-4. Explain 858. Why Eden of Louisiana? Has Father Felician
given up to despair on any occasion? What kept him from despairing? Had he
despaired how would it have affected Evangeline and the story? Note scene in
lines 864-868. Does the author here give a picture of nature in harmony with
a condition of mind? Where? Find like treatment in this section. The mocking
bird here reminds one of what bird in another scene? Does each seem an
appropriate part of the picture? What was the prelude? Why were their hearts
moved with emotion?

SEC. III.

_Meeting Basil. Disappointment._

Lesson XIX, Lines 888-958.

Find