Paul Revere's Midnight Ride

What type of poem is Midnight Ride

• Lyrical Poem

• Narrative Poem

According to the article Myth vs. Legend, who actually alerted the villagers on the night of the ride

• Paul Revere

• Thomas Jefferson

• William Dawes

• Samuel Prescott

Why had the colonists been collecting guns and ammunition for a while?

• They didn't want anyone to get hurt

• They wanted to be ready to fight

• They knew that weapons were scarce

In the poem, why does the Somerset look bigger than it really is?

• It's the biggest warship the British have

• The ship looks bigger than it really is because of his imagination

• The ship's reflection is magnified in the water.

Why did Revere finally arrive in Lexington on foot?

• He got a ride from a fellow patriot

• His horse was taken from him

• He let his friend borrow it

What was one of Paul Revere's many occupation's?

• Goldsmith

• Newspaper editor

• Lawyer

How many other riders rode with Revere that night?

• 1

• 2

• 3

Why was Paul Revere’s ride so important?

• To patrol Lexington streets

• to warn neighboring villages that the British were coming to attack

• it signaled the end of the Revolutionary War

What information is gained by reading the Truth vs. Legend, that is not presented in The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere?

• how Paul Revere traveled to Lexington

• how the British were traveling, by land or by sea

• the contributions of others involved in Revere’s Ride

What were the authors’ reasons for writing both the passage and the poem?

• to describe the Son’s of Liberty movement

• to persuade readers that the British taxes were unfair

• to inform readers of a pivotal event in the Revolution

• to tell a funny story of the Sons of Liberty