1. The narrator suggests that the seafarer of the title is which of the following (ll. 35-38)?
(a) God.
(b) The man in town.
(c) His spirit.
(d) The narrator.

2. What musician does the narrator claim to have heard (ll. 19-20)?
(a) The wild swan.
(b) The red cardinal.
(c) The tame goose.
(d) The clucking chicken.

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

4. The narrator describes the "salt streams" as which of the following (l. 35)?
(a) Flowing.
(b) Seething.
(c) Churning.
(d) Tossing.

5. To what end does the narrator note he is driven (ll. 36-38)?
(a) That he might seek his own homeland.
(b) That he might seek a new fruit stand.
(c) That he might seek a foreign land.
(d) That he might seek a finer brand.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the sentence “And so he who has tasted life’s joy in towns, / suffered few sad journeys, scarcely believes, / proud and puffed up with wine, what I, weary, / have often had to endure in my seafaring” (ll. 27-30), which of the following does NOT describe the “he” upon whom the narrator remarks?

2. Which of the following came from the north (l. 31)?

3. In line 30, “have often had to endure in my seafaring,” relative stress / emphasis falls on the first or only syllable of which of the following?

4. How many stressed / emphasized syllables occur in the opening comment of the poem, “I sing a true song of myself” (l. 1)?

5. In line 29, “proud and puffed up with wine, what I, weary,” offers an example of which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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