1. Which of the following does the narrator assert is true of “he whose lot is fairest on land” (ll. 12-13)?
(a) He does not care.
(b) He does not know.
(c) He protects and attacks.
(d) He just complains.

2. Which of the following does the narrator remark happened when he "wretched with care, dwelt all winter” (ll. 14-17)?
(a) The field filled with flowers.
(b) Hot chocolate was served.
(c) He took hot showers.
(d) Hail flew in showers.

3. The second sentence of the poem reads “Pinched with cold / were my feet, bound by frost / in cold fetters, while cares seethed / hot around my heart, hunger tore from within / my sea-weary mind” (ll. 8-12). The sentence offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Paradox.
(b) Pointillism.
(c) Passant.
(d) Parallelism.

4. From which of the following does the narrator note the tern replies (l. 23)?
(a) Solemn graves.
(b) Stone cliffs.
(c) Ship's stem.
(d) Standing trees.

5. The narrator describes which of the following as happening when his feet were “bound by frost / in cold fetters” (ll. 9-11)?
(a) Casts called out to the crowd.
(b) Cars raced swiflty on the street.
(c) Cares seethed hot around his heart.
(d) Carts heaped up with the harvest.

Short Answer 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)?

2. In line 17, “hung with icicles of frost while hail flew in showers,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?

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

4. Which of the following does the narrator link to the noise of the sea (ll. 18-19)?

5. What musician does the narrator claim to have heard (ll. 19-20)?

(see the answer key)

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