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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lines 27-38.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator claims to be doubted by which of the following (ll. 27-30)?
(a) His own heart and mind.
(b) He who has tasted life’s joy in towns.
(c) He who furnished commencement gowns.
(d) She who knows the old wisdom.

2. The phrase “frost bound the ground, hail fell on the earth” (l. 32) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Rhyme.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Euphemism.
(d) Pun.

3. To what end does the narrator note he is driven (ll. 36-38)?
(a) That he might seek his own homeland.
(b) That he might seek a finer brand.
(c) That he might seek a new fruit stand.
(d) That he might seek a foreign land.

4. In the phrase “were my feet, bound by frost” (l. 9), which of the following words receives relative stress / emphasis?
(a) Bound.
(b) Were.
(c) My.
(d) Feet.

5. The narrator describes which of the following as his thinking part (l. 34)?
(a) Heart.
(b) Head.
(c) Buttocks.
(d) Belly.

Short Answer Questions

1. In line 37, “time and again to travel, so that I might seek,” how many times is the DOMINANT alliteration iterated?

2. In which collection does “The Seafarer” appear?

3. In line 29, the description “proud and puffed up with wine” offers an example of which of the following?

4. The narrator remarks that “no sheltering family / could bring consolation to” which of the following (ll. 25-26)?

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

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