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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Per the Broadview editors (16-17), when is “The Seafarer” believed to have been written?
(a) The late 800s CE.
(b) The late 1100s CE.
(c) The late 900s CE.
(d) The late 1000s CE.

2. In line 29, the description “proud and puffed up with wine” offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Antithesis.

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

4. In line 29, the description “proud and puffed up with wine” is a descriptor meaning which of the following?
(a) Obtuse.
(b) Intoxicated.
(c) Heavyset.
(d) Exultant.

5. In line 29, “proud and puffed up with wine, what I, weary,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. From which of the following does the narrator note the tern replies (l. 23)?

2. The narrator notes that which of the following darkened (l. 31)?

3. The narrator notes a lack of which of the following (ll. 25-26)?

4. 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?

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

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