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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator notes that which of the following darkened (l. 31)?
(a) The night-shadow.
(b) The swift winds.
(c) The new moon.
(d) The day-walker.

2. Which of the following is NOT hanging "in the balance before its due time" (ll. 68-70)?
(a) Attack by the sword.
(b) Age.
(c) Being put in prison.
(d) Illness.

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?
(a) Synecdoche.
(b) Metonymy.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Simile.

4. Per the narrator, what must a man do "before he must be on his way" (ll. 74-79)?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Pack.
(c) Act.
(d) Eat.

5. In the line “my spirit moves with the sea-flood” (l. 59), how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. In line 29, the description “proud and puffed up with wine” offers an example of which of the following?

2. In line 29, “proud and puffed up with wine, what I, weary,” offers an example of which of the following?

3. Which of the following does the narrator exclude from the mind of one who seeks to sail (ll. 44-47)?

4. To what end does the narrator note he is driven (ll. 36-38)?

5. Line 67, “that earthly goods will endure forever,” offers an example of which of the following?

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