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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lines 1-26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator remarks that none “could bring consolation to my desolate soul” (l. 26). How many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are in the line?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

2. 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) Whose lot is fairest on land.
(b) Paths of exile.
(c) Hail flew in showers.
(d) Deprived of dear kinsmen.

3. To which genre does “The Seafarer” belong?
(a) Elegy.
(b) Exegesis.
(c) Euphemism.
(d) Epic.

4. 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) Cunning.
(b) Curling.
(c) Kenning.
(d) Künstlerroman.

5. The narrator remarks that “the wild swan’s song / sometimes served as my music, the gannet’s call / and the curlew’s cry for the laughter of men, / the seagull’s singing for mead-drink” (ll. 19-22). The passage offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Justification.
(b) Superposition.
(c) Juxtaposition.
(d) Carcinization.

Short Answer Questions

1. The phrase “in days of toil / I’ve often suffered troubled times, / hard heartache” (ll. 2-4) offers examples of which of the following?

2. The narrator comments "the curlew’s cry ” which of the following (l. 21)?

3. The narrator remarks he "heard nothing there but the noise of” which of the following (l. 18)?

4. Per the Broadview editors (16-17), when is “The Seafarer” believed to have been written?

5. The narrator remarks that “the wild swan’s song / sometimes served as my music, the gannet’s call / and the curlew’s cry for the laughter of men, / the seagull’s singing for mead-drink” (ll. 19-22). The passage offers an example of which of the following?

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