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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 32, “frost bound the ground, hail fell on the earth,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

2. What “hangs in the balance before its due time" (ll. 68-69)?
(a) One of two things.
(b) One of three things.
(c) One of five things.
(d) One thing.

3. The phrase “roams widely over the whale’s home” (l. 60) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Künstlerroman.
(b) Kenning.
(c) Curling.
(d) Cunning.

4. In l. 92, “the graybeard grieves; he knows his old friends,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

5. The narrator notes a lack of which of the following (ll. 25-26)?
(a) Integration.
(b) Isolation.
(c) Consolation.
(d) Confirmation.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator remarks that “no sheltering family / could bring consolation to” which of the following (ll. 25-26)?

2. The narrator remarks that none “could bring consolation to my desolate soul” (l. 26). How many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are in the line?

3. To what end does the narrator note he is driven (ll. 36-38)?

4. The narrator notes that which of the following darkened (l. 31)?

5. The narrator claims to be doubted by which of the following (ll. 27-30)?

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