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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does the narrator exclude from the mind of one who seeks to sail (ll. 44-47)?
(a) The pipe.
(b) The drum.
(c) The harp.
(d) The horn.

2. Which of the following will "urge the eager-hearted / spirit to travel" (ll. 48-52)?
(a) Fields brighten.
(b) Cities darken.
(c) Forests brighten.
(d) Fields darken.

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

4. To which of the following does "his fleshly cloak" (l. 94) refer?
(a) Body.
(b) Parchment.
(c) Skirt steak.
(d) Bearskin rug.

5. The narrator describes how many people as fearless (ll. 39-43)?
(a) All.
(b) Some.
(c) One.
(d) None.

Short Answer Questions

1. From which of the following does the narrator note the tern replies (l. 23)?

2. With which of the following does the narrator note "a brother might wish to strew his brother's / grave" (ll. 97-98)?

3. 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?

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. What “hangs in the balance before its due time" (ll. 68-69)?

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