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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Curling.
(b) Cunning.
(c) Künstlerroman.
(d) Kenning.

2. The narrator describes the screaming eagle as which of the following (ll. 24-25)?
(a) Carrion-eating.
(b) Dewy-feathered.
(c) Sky-beautiful.
(d) Family-like.

3. To what does the phrase “summer’s guardian" refer (l. 54)?
(a) Egret.
(b) Crow.
(c) Cuckoo.
(d) Eagle.

4. The narrator describes his thoughts as doing which of the following (ll. 33-34)?
(a) Dissuade him.
(b) Forbid him.
(c) Compel him.
(d) Suggest to him.

5. In the phrase “summer’s guardian announces sorrow” (l. 54), relative stress / emphasis DOES NOT fall on the first syllable of which of the following?
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Summer's.
(c) Announces.
(d) Guardian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whence does the narrator's thought fly out (l. 58)?

2. Which of the following does the narrator link to the noise of the sea (ll. 18-19)?

3. The narrator notes a lack of which of the following (ll. 25-26)?

4. What “hangs in the balance before its due time" (ll. 68-69)?

5. The narrator describes hail as which of the following (ll. 32-33)?

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