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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lines 1-26.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Of which of the following is narrator deprived when he “wretched with care, dwelt all winter / on the ice-cold sea in the paths of exile" (ll. 13-16)?
(a) Deer hunting.
(b) Dear kissing.
(c) Dear kinsmen.
(d) Dead kinsmen.
2. To which genre does “The Seafarer” belong?
(a) Exegesis.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Epic.
(d) Elegy.
3. 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?
(a) Kenning.
(b) Künstlerroman.
(c) Cunning.
(d) Curling.
4. The narrator notes suffering which of the following "in days of toil" (ll. 2-3)?
(a) Troubled times.
(b) Righteous wrath.
(c) Sweet surrender.
(d) Pox and penury.
5. 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). In the sentence, “I” is in apposition to which of the following?
(a) Deprived of dear kinsmen.
(b) Whose lot is fairest on land.
(c) Paths of exile.
(d) Hail flew in showers.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following does the narrator “come to know / on the keel of a ship” (ll. 5-6)?
2. Which of the following does the narrator assert is true of “he whose lot is fairest on land” (ll. 12-13)?
3. The phrase “in days of toil / I’ve often suffered troubled times, / hard heartache” (ll. 2-4) offers examples of which of the following?
4. The narrator comments "the curlew’s cry ” which of the following (l. 21)?
5. The narrator remarks that none “could bring consolation to my desolate soul” (l. 26). How many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are in the line?
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