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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lines 58-102.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In line 17, “hung with icicles of frost while hail flew in showers,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?
(a) 4
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

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 surging surf.
(c) The leaping dolphins.
(d) The rolling tide.

3. The narrator describes hail as which of the following (ll. 32-33)?
(a) Sorest of pains.
(b) Coldest of grains.
(c) Best of refrains.
(d) Badly restrained.

4. In line 44, “He has no thought of the harp or the taking of rings,” there is an example of which of the following?
(a) Synecdoche.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Allegory.

5. Line 92, “the graybeard grieves; he knows his old friends,” offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Synecdoche.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metonymy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Line 67, “that earthly goods will endure forever,” offers an example of which of the following?

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

3. Which of the following will "urge the eager-hearted / spirit to travel" (ll. 48-52)?

4. To which of the following does "the greybeard" refer (l. 92)?

5. The narrator describes sorrow as being which of the following (ll. 54-55)?

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