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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Line 92, “the graybeard grieves; he knows his old friends,” offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Synecdoche.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Simile.

2. Line 83, “nor gold-gives as there once were,” offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Cunning.
(b) Künstlerroman.
(c) Curling.
(d) Kenning.

3. In the phrase “he always has longing who hastens to sea” (l. 47), how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

4. In l. 92, “the graybeard grieves; he knows his old friends,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

5. In the phrase “summer’s guardian announces sorrow” (l. 54), which of the following is present?
(a) Curling.
(b) Künstlerroman.
(c) Cunning.
(d) Kenning.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes his doubter as which of the following (ll. 27-30)?

2. Which of the following is NOT hanging "in the balance before its due time" (ll. 68-70)?

3. In the phrase “to try for myself” (l. 34), relative stress / emphasis falls on the first or only syllable of which of the following?

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

5. Who remains to rule the world (l. 87)?

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