"The Pied Piper of Hamelin"

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13 questions
3

At the opening of the poem, Hamelin is overrun by rats. Name at least three different ways in which the towsfolk suffer.

2

What characteristics of the Mayor and the Corporation are stressed in lines 23-54?

2

Describe the Pied Piper's appearance. (Part V)

2

What does the Pied Piper claim he can do?

2

What does he use as proof or evidence that he can do what he claims?

2

What agreement is reached between the Mayor/Corporation and the Pied Piper?

2

How does the piper lure the rats away from Hamelin?

2

Where did the piper lead the rats to?

2

The Mayor and the Corporation refuse to live up to their end of the agreement. Is this behavior consisten with their characters?

2

What is the Piper's revenge for their treachery?

2

Just as one rat survived to tell the tale, one child was left behind to tell the tale. What did that child reveal to the townspeople about the Piper's music?

3

How do the people of Hanover commemorate or remember the tragedy? (Name at least 2 ways.)

2

The poem ends with four lines of advice to Willy, the little boy for whom Browning wrote the poem. What is the advice?