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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Justification.
(b) Superposition.
(c) Juxtaposition.
(d) Carcinization.

2. In line 17, “hung with icicles of frost while hail flew in showers,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?
(a) 5.
(b) 4
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

3. What does the narrator describe as urging his spirit onwards (l. 36)?
(a) His heart's desire.
(b) His father's fury.
(c) His soul's caress.
(d) His beloved's blessing.

4. Which of the following came from the north (l. 31)?
(a) Wind.
(b) Attack.
(c) Rain.
(d) Snow.

5. 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) Taking of rings.
(c) Making of things.
(d) A songbird that sings.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes the screaming eagle as which of the following (ll. 24-25)?

2. Which of the following does the narrator link to the noise of the sea (ll. 18-19)?

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

4. In the phrase “to try for myself” (l. 34), relative stress / emphasis falls on the first or only syllable of which of the following?

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

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