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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does the narrator link to the noise of the sea (ll. 18-19)?
(a) The surging surf.
(b) The rolling tide.
(c) The leaping dolphins.
(d) The ice-cold waves.

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

3. To which of the following does "his fleshly cloak" (l. 94) refer?
(a) Skirt steak.
(b) Parchment.
(c) Body.
(d) Bearskin rug.

4. Who remains to rule the world (l. 87)?
(a) The adventurous.
(b) The strong.
(c) The stay-at-home.
(d) The weak.

5. In line 29, the description “proud and puffed up with wine” is a descriptor meaning which of the following?
(a) Intoxicated.
(b) Exultant.
(c) Obtuse.
(d) Heavyset.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what is the narrator's heart incited irresistibly (l. 63)?

2. 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?

3. In the line “my spirit moves with the sea-flood” (l. 59), how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?

4. The descriptor “greedy and hungry” (l. 62) modifies which of the following?

5. Whom does the narrator claim is beaten by bold deeds (l. 76)?

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