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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which genre does “The Seafarer” belong?
(a) Epic.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Exegesis.
(d) Elegy.

2. The narrator remarks that “Storms beat the stone cliffs where the tern answered them, / icy-feathered; often the eagle screamed, / dewy-feathered” (ll. 23-25). The passage offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Anagram.
(c) Aphorism.
(d) Anaphora.

3. The narrator notes suffering which of the following "in days of toil" (ll. 2-3)?
(a) Sweet surrender.
(b) Troubled times.
(c) Righteous wrath.
(d) Pox and penury.

4. In line 55, “bitter in the breast-hoard. He does not know,” which of the following is present?
(a) Kenning.
(b) Cunning.
(c) Künstlerroman.
(d) Curling.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator remarks that none “could bring consolation to my desolate soul” (l. 26). How many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are in the line?

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

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

4. The narrator remarks that “no sheltering family / could bring consolation to” which of the following (ll. 25-26)?

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?

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