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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In line 17, “hung with icicles of frost while hail flew in showers,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?
(a) 3.
(b) 4
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

2. Line 67, “that earthly goods will endure forever,” offers an example of which of the following?
(a) End-stop.
(b) Endemic.
(c) Enjambment.
(d) Entrepreneurship.

3. Which of the following does the narrator ask the audience to strive to do (l. 119)?
(a) Reach a blessed place.
(b) Earn a blessed fortune.
(c) Greet a blessed family.
(d) Claim a blessed land.

4. In line 120, “of eternal blessedness,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

5. The phrase "given up to the earth" (l. 93) is a euphemism for which of the following?
(a) Masonry.
(b) Mining.
(c) Death.
(d) Farming.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator notes suffering which of the following "in days of toil" (ll. 2-3)?

2. The descriptor “greedy and hungry” (l. 62) modifies which of the following?

3. Which of the following will "urge the eager-hearted / spirit to travel" (ll. 48-52)?

4. Whence does the narrator's thought fly out (l. 58)?

5. The narrator remarks that “no sheltering family / could bring consolation to” which of the following (ll. 25-26)?

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