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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lines 58-102.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In l. 70, “illness or age or attack by the sword,” relative stress / emphasis falls on the first or only syllable of which of the following?
(a) By.
(b) The.
(c) Attack.
(d) Sword.

2. In line 30, “have often had to endure in my seafaring,” relative stress / emphasis falls on the first or only syllable of which of the following?
(a) Seafaring.
(b) Endure.
(c) My.
(d) Had.

3. The narrator claims to be doubted by which of the following (ll. 27-30)?
(a) She who knows the old wisdom.
(b) He who has tasted life’s joy in towns.
(c) He who furnished commencement gowns.
(d) His own heart and mind.

4. With what does the narrator remark a brother may wish to bury his brother (ll. 97-99)?
(a) Silver and jewels.
(b) Myriad treasures.
(c) Several measures.
(d) Myriad pleasures.

5. To what end does the narrator note he is driven (ll. 36-38)?
(a) That he might seek a foreign land.
(b) That he might seek a new fruit stand.
(c) That he might seek a finer brand.
(d) That he might seek his own homeland.

Short Answer Questions

1. The descriptor “greedy and hungry” (l. 62) modifies which of the following?

2. What does the narrator describe as urging his spirit onwards (l. 36)?

3. To what does "be on his way" refer (l. 74)?

4. Which of the following came from the north (l. 31)?

5. Line 83, “nor gold-gives as there once were,” offers an example of which of the following?

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