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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 55, “bitter in the breast-hoard. He does not know,” which of the following is present?
(a) Kenning.
(b) Curling.
(c) Cunning.
(d) Künstlerroman.

2. In line 35, “the high seas, the tossing salt streams,” how many times is the alliteration iterated?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

3. Which of the following renamings does the narrator give "the Holy One" (ll. 121-14)?
(a) Mighty One.
(b) Undying Master.
(c) Eternal Lord.
(d) Highest King.

4. In l. 80, “delight among heaven’s host. The days are lost,” there is an example of which of the following?
(a) Enjambment.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) End-stop.
(d) Enthrallment.

5. Which of the following does the narrator ascribe to the terror of God (l. 103)?
(a) The moon sets.
(b) The sun rises.
(c) The tide goes out.
(d) The earth trembles.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator assert will come for the humble person (l. 107)?

2. In l. 85, “and lived in most lordly fame,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?

3. What has the fallen noble host lost (l. 86)?

4. The phrase “roams widely over the whale’s home” (l. 60) offers an example of which of the following?

5. Line 66, “loaned, on land. I will never believe,” offers an example of which of the following?

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