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

2. In line 35, “the high seas, the tossing salt streams,” how many times is the alliteration iterated?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

3. The narrator describes the "salt streams" as which of the following (l. 35)?
(a) Flowing.
(b) Seething.
(c) Tossing.
(d) Churning.

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?
(a) Has tasted life's joy in towns.
(b) Suffered few sad journeys.
(c) Proud and puffed up with wine.
(d) Weary.

5. 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) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator suggests that the seafarer of the title is which of the following (ll. 35-38)?

2. The phrase “frost bound the ground, hail fell on the earth” (l. 32) offers an example of which of the following?

3. The narrator comments about “the curlew’s cry for the laughter of men” (l. 21). The comment offers an example of which of the following?

4. The narrator remarks that “Storms beat the stone cliffs where the tern answered them, / icy-feathered” (ll. 23-24). The passage offers an example of which of the following?

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

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