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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 describes his thoughts as doing which of the following (ll. 33-34)?
(a) Dissuade him.
(b) Forbid him.
(c) Suggest to him.
(d) Compel him.

2. Which of the following does the narrator assert is true of “he whose lot is fairest on land” (ll. 12-13)?
(a) He does not care.
(b) He does not know.
(c) He just complains.
(d) He protects and attacks.

3. In which collection does “The Seafarer” appear?
(a) The Exeter Book.
(b) The Voynich Manuscript.
(c) The Vercelli Book.
(d) The Winchester Manuscript.

4. What has the fallen noble host lost (l. 86)?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Hunger.
(d) Tacos.

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). In the sentence, “I” is in apposition to which of the following?
(a) Paths of exile.
(b) Deprived of dear kinsmen.
(c) Hail flew in showers.
(d) Whose lot is fairest on land.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes which of the following as happening when his feet were “bound by frost / in cold fetters” (ll. 9-11)?

2. In l. 92, “the graybeard grieves; he knows his old friends,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?

3. What does the narrator note a man will have from his seafaring (l. 42)?

4. In the phrase “summer’s guardian announces sorrow” (l. 54), which of the following is present?

5. The phrase “in days of toil / I’ve often suffered troubled times, / hard heartache” (ll. 2-4) offers examples of which of the following?

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