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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator comments about “the curlew’s cry for the laughter of men” (l. 21). The comment offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Rhyme.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Pentameter.
(d) Alliteration.

2. 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?
(a) Hail flew in showers.
(b) Deprived of dear kinsmen.
(c) Whose lot is fairest on land.
(d) Paths of exile.

3. How many stressed / emphasized syllables occur in the opening comment of the poem, “I sing a true song of myself” (l. 1)?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

4. The second sentence of the poem reads “Pinched with cold / were my feet, bound by frost / in cold fetters, while cares seethed / hot around my heart, hunger tore from within / my sea-weary mind” (ll. 8-12). The sentence offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Parallelism.
(b) Pointillism.
(c) Passant.
(d) Paradox.

5. To which genre does “The Seafarer” belong?
(a) Epic.
(b) Elegy.
(c) Exegesis.
(d) Euphemism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does the narrator remark happened when he "wretched with care, dwelt all winter” (ll. 14-17)?

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

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

4. Which of the following does he have "who hastens to sea" (l. 47)?

5. In the phrase “summer’s guardian announces sorrow” (l. 54), which of the following is present?

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