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

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

4. In which collection does “The Seafarer” appear?
(a) The Exeter Book.
(b) The Winchester Manuscript.
(c) The Vercelli Book.
(d) The Voynich Manuscript.

5. The narrator remarks that “the wild swan’s song / sometimes served as my music, the gannet’s call / and the curlew’s cry for the laughter of men, / the seagull’s singing for mead-drink” (ll. 19-22). The passage offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Superposition.
(b) Justification.
(c) Carcinization.
(d) Juxtaposition.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator remarks that “That man does not know, / he whose lot is fairest on land, / how I, wretched with care, dwelt all winter / on the ice-cold sea in the paths of exile, / deprived of dear kinsmen, / hung with icicles of frost while hail flew in showers” (ll. 12-17). In the sentence, “I” is in apposition to which of the following?

2. Whom does the narrator state might have something in store for a person (l. 43)?

3. In the phrase “summer’s guardian announces sorrow” (l. 54), which of the following is present?

4. What does the narrator note a man will have from his seafaring (l. 42)?

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

(see the answer key)

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