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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lines 103-124.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Rhyme.
(b) Pentameter.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Euphemism.

2. In the phrase “to try for myself” (l. 34), relative stress / emphasis falls on the first or only syllable of which of the following?
(a) For.
(b) Myself.
(c) To.
(d) Try.

3. Which of the following does the narrator exclude from the mind of one who seeks to sail (ll. 44-47)?
(a) Pleasures of food.
(b) Pleasures of sleep.
(c) Pleasures of woman.
(d) Pleasures of man.

4. What does the narrator note a man will have from his seafaring (l. 42)?
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Solace.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Surprise.

5. In l. 85, “and lived in most lordly fame,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator remarks that "The joys of the Lord than this dead life" are which of the following (ll. 64-65)?

2. In l. 102, “the gold he had hidden while he lived here on earth,” how many times is the DOMINANT alliteration iterated?

3. By which of the following were the narrator's "feet, bound by frost” (ll. 9-10)?

4. Where do they walk whom the narrator says endure things unknown by those blessed with ease (ll. 55-57)?

5. In the phrase “he always has longing who hastens to sea” (l. 47), how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?

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