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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In line 28, “suffered few sad journeys, scarcely believes,” relative stress / emphasis falls on the first or only syllable of which of the following?
(a) Few.
(b) Sad.
(c) Believes.
(d) Journeys.

2. The narrator remarks that none “could bring consolation to my desolate soul” (l. 26). How many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are in the line?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

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

4. 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) The field filled with flowers.
(c) Hot chocolate was served.
(d) He took hot showers.

5. The narrator comments "the curlew’s cry ” which of the following (l. 21)?
(a) Mead-drink.
(b) Music.
(c) The sea.
(d) The laughter of men.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

4. In the sentence “And so he who has tasted life’s joy in towns, / suffered few sad journeys, scarcely believes, / proud and puffed up with wine, what I, weary, / have often had to endure in my seafaring” (ll. 27-30), which of the following does NOT describe the “he” upon whom the narrator remarks?

5. In line 35, “the high seas, the tossing salt streams,” how many times is the alliteration iterated?

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