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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 describes hail as which of the following (ll. 32-33)?
(a) Coldest of grains.
(b) Sorest of pains.
(c) Best of refrains.
(d) Badly restrained.

2. Which of the following does the narrator link to the noise of the sea (ll. 18-19)?
(a) The ice-cold waves.
(b) The leaping dolphins.
(c) The rolling tide.
(d) The surging surf.

3. What musician does the narrator claim to have heard (ll. 19-20)?
(a) The clucking chicken.
(b) The wild swan.
(c) The red cardinal.
(d) The tame goose.

4. Which of the following came from the north (l. 31)?
(a) Attack.
(b) Wind.
(c) Rain.
(d) Snow.

5. The narrator notes suffering in which of the following (ll. 27-30)?
(a) Sunbathing.
(b) Seafaring.
(c) Ceasing.
(d) Shackling.

Short Answer Questions

1. The phrase “in days of toil / I’ve often suffered troubled times, / hard heartache” (ll. 2-4) offers examples of which of the following?

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 describes which of the following as his thinking part (l. 34)?

4. The narrator describes his doubter as which of the following (ll. 27-30)?

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

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