1. In line 32, “frost bound the ground, hail fell on the earth,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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

3. The narrator describes his thoughts as doing which of the following (ll. 33-34)?
(a) Suggest to him.
(b) Compel him.
(c) Forbid him.
(d) Dissuade him.

4. The narrator notes that which of the following darkened (l. 31)?
(a) The swift winds.
(b) The night-shadow.
(c) The day-walker.
(d) The new moon.

5. The narrator describes the screaming eagle as which of the following (ll. 24-25)?
(a) Family-like.
(b) Dewy-feathered.
(c) Sky-beautiful.
(d) Carrion-eating.

Short Answer 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?

2. The narrator describes the "salt streams" as which of the following (l. 35)?

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

4. The narrator describes hail as which of the following (ll. 32-33)?

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

(see the answer key)

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