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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of which of the following is narrator deprived when he “wretched with care, dwelt all winter / on the ice-cold sea in the paths of exile" (ll. 13-16)?
(a) Dead kinsmen.
(b) Dear kinsmen.
(c) Dear kissing.
(d) Deer hunting.

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

3. The narrator describes which of the following as his thinking part (l. 34)?
(a) Belly.
(b) Buttocks.
(c) Head.
(d) Heart.

4. The narrator notes suffering in which of the following (ll. 27-30)?
(a) Seafaring.
(b) Sunbathing.
(c) Ceasing.
(d) Shackling.

5. The narrator suggests that the seafarer of the title is which of the following (ll. 35-38)?
(a) The narrator.
(b) God.
(c) His spirit.
(d) The man in town.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Line 83, “nor gold-gives as there once were,” offers an example of which of the following?

3. Which of the following does he have "who hastens to sea" (l. 47)?

4. In line 32, “frost bound the ground, hail fell on the earth,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?

5. What happens to the earth's nobility (l. 89)?

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