View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lines 39-57.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Deprived of dear kinsmen.
(b) Paths of exile.
(c) Hail flew in showers.
(d) Whose lot is fairest on land.

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

3. From which of the following does the narrator note the tern replies (l. 23)?
(a) Solemn graves.
(b) Stone cliffs.
(c) Ship's stem.
(d) Standing trees.

4. By which of the following were the narrator's "feet, bound by frost” (ll. 9-10)?
(a) Cold feathers.
(b) Cold fetters.
(c) Coder flatterers.
(d) Cod fetters.

5. The phrase “in days of toil / I’ve often suffered troubled times, / hard heartache” (ll. 2-4) offers examples of which of the following?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Rhyme.
(d) Pentameter.

Short Answer Questions

1. In line 17, “hung with icicles of frost while hail flew in showers,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?

2. Which of the following will "urge the eager-hearted / spirit to travel" (ll. 48-52)?

3. In line 28, “suffered few sad journeys, scarcely believes,” relative stress / emphasis falls on the first or only syllable of which of the following?

4. The narrator notes suffering which of the following "in days of toil" (ll. 2-3)?

5. What does the narrator claim is a gift that does not help against fear?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 294 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample