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

2. The narrator describes his doubter as which of the following (ll. 27-30)?
(a) He has fought in many tourneys.
(b) He has enjoyed few happy journeys.
(c) He has suffered few sad journeys.
(d) He has traveled in many journeys.

3. The phrase “in days of toil / I’ve often suffered troubled times, / hard heartache” (ll. 2-4) offers examples of which of the following?
(a) Euphemism.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Pentameter.
(d) Rhyme.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does the narrator assert is true of “he whose lot is fairest on land” (ll. 12-13)?

2. In line 30, “have often had to endure in my seafaring,” relative stress / emphasis falls on the first or only syllable of which of the following?

3. In line 29, the description “proud and puffed up with wine” is a descriptor meaning which of the following?

4. How many stressed / emphasized syllables occur in the opening comment of the poem, “I sing a true song of myself” (l. 1)?

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

(see the answer key)

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