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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lines 27-38.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) Pentameter.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Rhyme.
(d) Alliteration.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does the narrator remark happened when he "wretched with care, dwelt all winter” (ll. 14-17)?

2. The narrator comments "the curlew’s cry ” which of the following (l. 21)?

3. The narrator describes hail as which of the following (ll. 32-33)?

4. Per the Broadview editors (16-17), when is “The Seafarer” believed to have been written?

5. In line 29, “proud and puffed up with wine, what I, weary,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?

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