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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lines 39-57.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do they walk whom the narrator says endure things unknown by those blessed with ease (ll. 55-57)?
(a) Streets of the city.
(b) Paths of exile.
(c) Roads of riun.
(d) Highways of heaven.

2. Which of the following does the narrator link to the noise of the sea (ll. 18-19)?
(a) The ice-cold waves.
(b) The rolling tide.
(c) The leaping dolphins.
(d) The surging surf.

3. The narrator describes sorrow as being which of the following (ll. 54-55)?
(a) Stinky in the strong-parts.
(b) Bitter in the breast-hoard.
(c) Painful to the purse-string.
(d) Sour in the skull-hoard.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the phrase “were my feet, bound by frost” (l. 9), which of the following words receives relative stress / emphasis?

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

3. In line 29, “proud and puffed up with wine, what I, weary,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?

4. The narrator comments "the curlew’s cry ” which of the following (l. 21)?

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

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