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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 “Storms beat the stone cliffs where the tern answered them, / icy-feathered; often the eagle screamed, / dewy-feathered” (ll. 23-25). The passage offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Anagram.
(b) Aphorism.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Anaphora.

2. Per the Broadview editors (16-17), when is “The Seafarer” believed to have been written?
(a) The late 1000s CE.
(b) The late 800s CE.
(c) The late 900s CE.
(d) The late 1100s CE.

3. In which collection does “The Seafarer” appear?
(a) The Exeter Book.
(b) The Voynich Manuscript.
(c) The Vercelli Book.
(d) The Winchester Manuscript.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many stressed / emphasized syllables occur in the opening comment of the poem, “I sing a true song of myself” (l. 1)?

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

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?

4. To which genre does “The Seafarer” belong?

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

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