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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 notes suffering which of the following "in days of toil" (ll. 2-3)?
(a) Righteous wrath.
(b) Pox and penury.
(c) Sweet surrender.
(d) Troubled times.

2. In line 17, “hung with icicles of frost while hail flew in showers,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4
(d) 2.

3. To which genre does “The Seafarer” belong?
(a) Elegy.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Epic.
(d) Exegesis.

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

5. From which of the following does the narrator note the tern replies (l. 23)?
(a) Standing trees.
(b) Stone cliffs.
(c) Solemn graves.
(d) Ship's stem.

Short Answer Questions

1. By which of the following were the narrator's "feet, bound by frost” (ll. 9-10)?

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

3. In line 32, “frost bound the ground, hail fell on the earth,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?

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

5. What musician does the narrator claim to have heard (ll. 19-20)?

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