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

2. In line 37, “time and again to travel, so that I might seek,” how many times is the DOMINANT alliteration iterated?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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

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

5. The narrator notes that which of the following darkened (l. 31)?
(a) The new moon.
(b) The night-shadow.
(c) The day-walker.
(d) The swift winds.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator notes a lack of which of the following (ll. 25-26)?

2. 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?

3. 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). In the sentence, “I” is in apposition to which of the following?

4. In which collection does “The Seafarer” appear?

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

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