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

2. The narrator describes the screaming eagle as which of the following (ll. 24-25)?
(a) Carrion-eating.
(b) Dewy-feathered.
(c) Sky-beautiful.
(d) Family-like.

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

4. The narrator describes his thoughts as doing which of the following (ll. 33-34)?
(a) Compel him.
(b) Suggest to him.
(c) Forbid him.
(d) Dissuade him.

5. 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). The sentence offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Kenning.
(b) Künstlerroman.
(c) Cunning.
(d) Curling.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator comments about “the curlew’s cry for the laughter of men” (l. 21). The comment offers an example of which of the following?

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

4. Which of the following does the narrator assert is true of “he whose lot is fairest on land” (ll. 12-13)?

5. The narrator describes which of the following as happening when his feet were “bound by frost / in cold fetters” (ll. 9-11)?

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