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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) 4
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

2. The phrase “frost bound the ground, hail fell on the earth” (l. 32) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Euphemism.
(b) Rhyme.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Pun.

3. 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.

4. In which collection does “The Seafarer” appear?
(a) The Voynich Manuscript.
(b) The Vercelli Book.
(c) The Winchester Manuscript.
(d) The Exeter Book.

5. The narrator describes which of the following as his thinking part (l. 34)?
(a) Head.
(b) Belly.
(c) Buttocks.
(d) Heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In the phrase “to try for myself” (l. 34), relative stress / emphasis falls on the first or only syllable of which of the following?

3. The narrator remarks that “no sheltering family / could bring consolation to” which of the following (ll. 25-26)?

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

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

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