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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 remarks that "The joys of the Lord than this dead life" are which of the following (ll. 64-65)?
(a) Softer.
(b) Sweeter.
(c) Hotter.
(d) Colder.

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

3. Which of the following will "urge the eager-hearted / spirit to travel" (ll. 48-52)?
(a) Giraffes taking badgers.
(b) Groves taking blossom.
(c) Birds taking flight.
(d) Graves taking bodies.

4. Which of the following does the narrator exclude from the mind of one who seeks to sail (ll. 44-47)?
(a) Crowns of the kings.
(b) Making of things.
(c) Taking of rings.
(d) A songbird that sings.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In line 37, “time and again to travel, so that I might seek,” how many times is the DOMINANT alliteration iterated?

3. In line 55, “bitter in the breast-hoard. He does not know,” which of the following is present?

4. Whom does the narrator claim is beaten by bold deeds (l. 76)?

5. The narrator describes which of the following as his thinking part (l. 34)?

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