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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) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4
(d) 5.

2. The narrator remarks that “no sheltering family / could bring consolation to” which of the following (ll. 25-26)?
(a) My desolate soul.
(b) My chemical romance.
(c) My exceptional skill.
(d) My brave voyager.

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

4. In l. 80, “delight among heaven’s host. The days are lost,” how many times is the alliteration iterated?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

5. By which of the following were the narrator's "feet, bound by frost” (ll. 9-10)?
(a) Cod fetters.
(b) Cold fetters.
(c) Cold feathers.
(d) Coder flatterers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Per the Broadview editors (16-17), when is “The Seafarer” believed to have been written?

2. Line 92, “the graybeard grieves; he knows his old friends,” offers an example of which of the following?

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). The sentence offers an example of which of the following?

4. The narrator describes his doubter as which of the following (ll. 27-30)?

5. Where do they walk whom the narrator says endure things unknown by those blessed with ease (ll. 55-57)?

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