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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 notes a lack of which of the following (ll. 25-26)?
(a) Confirmation.
(b) Isolation.
(c) Consolation.
(d) Integration.

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

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

4. The narrator remarks he "heard nothing there but the noise of” which of the following (l. 18)?
(a) Mead-drink.
(b) The laughter of men.
(c) Music.
(d) The sea.

5. The narrator remarks that “no sheltering family / could bring consolation to” which of the following (ll. 25-26)?
(a) My exceptional skill.
(b) My chemical romance.
(c) My desolate soul.
(d) My brave voyager.

Short Answer 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?

2. 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?

3. Which of the following does the narrator “come to know / on the keel of a ship” (ll. 5-6)?

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

5. The narrator notes suffering which of the following "in days of toil" (ll. 2-3)?

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