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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) Sad.
(b) Believes.
(c) Journeys.
(d) Few.

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

3. To what end does the narrator note he is driven (ll. 36-38)?
(a) That he might seek a finer brand.
(b) That he might seek his own homeland.
(c) That he might seek a foreign land.
(d) That he might seek a new fruit stand.

4. 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) Rhyme.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Pentameter.
(d) Euphemism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. From which of the following does the narrator note the tern replies (l. 23)?

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

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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