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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 notes suffering which of the following "in days of toil" (ll. 2-3)?
(a) Troubled times.
(b) Sweet surrender.
(c) Pox and penury.
(d) Righteous wrath.

2. With what does the narrator remark a brother may wish to bury his brother (ll. 97-99)?
(a) Several measures.
(b) Myriad pleasures.
(c) Myriad treasures.
(d) Silver and jewels.

3. From which of the following does the narrator note the tern replies (l. 23)?
(a) Standing trees.
(b) Stone cliffs.
(c) Ship's stem.
(d) Solemn graves.

4. 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?
(a) Euphemism.
(b) Rhyme.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Pentameter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In line 37, “time and again to travel, so that I might seek,” how many times is the DOMINANT alliteration iterated?

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

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

5. The narrator describes the "salt streams" as which of the following (l. 35)?

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