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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 suggests that the seafarer of the title is which of the following (ll. 35-38)?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The man in town.
(c) His spirit.
(d) God.

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

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

4. In the phrase “nor so bold in deeds, nor so beloved of his lord” (l. 41), how many times is the alliteration iterated?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

5. Which of the following will "urge the eager-hearted / spirit to travel" (ll. 48-52)?
(a) Cities darken.
(b) Fields darken.
(c) Fields brighten.
(d) Forests brighten.

Short Answer Questions

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

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. 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?

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

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

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