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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 remarks that “the wild swan’s song / sometimes served as my music, the gannet’s call / and the curlew’s cry for the laughter of men, / the seagull’s singing for mead-drink” (ll. 19-22). The passage offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Parallelism.
(b) Passant.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Pointillism.

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

3. In line 55, “bitter in the breast-hoard. He does not know,” which of the following is present?
(a) Cunning.
(b) Curling.
(c) Kenning.
(d) Künstlerroman.

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

5. Whom does the narrator claim is beaten by bold deeds (l. 76)?
(a) The eagle.
(b) The seafarer.
(c) The man in town.
(d) The devil.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator notes suffering in which of the following (ll. 27-30)?

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

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

4. In line 28, “suffered few sad journeys, scarcely believes,” relative stress / emphasis falls on the first or only syllable of which of the following?

5. With what does the narrator's spirit move (l. 59)?

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