1. Line 83, “nor gold-gives as there once were,” offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Curling.
(b) Kenning.
(c) Cunning.
(d) Künstlerroman.

2. The descriptor “greedy and hungry” (l. 62) modifies which of the following?
(a) My breast.
(b) The sea-flood.
(c) Me.
(d) My spirit.

3. The phrase “roams widely over the whale’s home” (l. 60) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Cunning.
(b) Künstlerroman.
(c) Curling.
(d) Kenning.

4. With which of the following does the narrator note "a brother might wish to strew his brother's / grave" (ll. 97-98)?
(a) Grains.
(b) Gold.
(c) Beryl.
(d) Silver.

5. To what is the narrator's heart incited irresistibly (l. 63)?
(a) The lake.
(b) The river.
(c) The ocean.
(d) The well.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the phrase “summer’s guardian announces sorrow” (l. 54), relative stress / emphasis DOES NOT fall on the first syllable of which of the following?

2. In l. 85, “and lived in most lordly fame,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?

3. In line 44, “He has no thought of the harp or the taking of rings,” there is an example of which of the following?

4. The phrase “that before he must be on his way, he act” (l. 74) offers an example of which of the following?

5. The narrator describes how many people as fearless (ll. 39-43)?

(see the answer key)

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