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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 claims to be doubted by which of the following (ll. 27-30)?
(a) He who has tasted life’s joy in towns.
(b) His own heart and mind.
(c) He who furnished commencement gowns.
(d) She who knows the old wisdom.

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

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

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

5. To which of the following does "the greybeard" refer (l. 92)?
(a) An old woman.
(b) Hanging moss.
(c) An old goat.
(d) An old man.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Which of the following does the narrator note is a favorable state (ll. 39-43)?

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

4. In line 29, “proud and puffed up with wine, what I, weary,” offers an example of which of the following?

5. 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?

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