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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 phrase “roams widely over the whale’s home” (l. 60) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Cunning.
(b) Curling.
(c) Künstlerroman.
(d) Kenning.

2. In l. 80, “delight among heaven’s host. The days are lost,” how many times is the alliteration iterated?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 5.

3. Where does the narrator claim to stand (l. 90)?
(a) Asgard.
(b) Númenor.
(c) Exeter.
(d) Middle-earth.

4. In line 29, “proud and puffed up with wine, what I, weary,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

5. 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 know.
(b) He protects and attacks.
(c) He does not care.
(d) He just complains.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator remarks that "The joys of the Lord than this dead life" are which of the following (ll. 64-65)?

2. Which of the following does the narrator exclude from the mind of one who seeks to sail (ll. 44-47)?

3. In the sentence “And so he who has tasted life’s joy in towns, / suffered few sad journeys, scarcely believes, / proud and puffed up with wine, what I, weary, / have often had to endure in my seafaring” (ll. 27-30), which of the following does NOT describe the “he” upon whom the narrator remarks?

4. To what does "be on his way" refer (l. 74)?

5. Where do they walk whom the narrator says endure things unknown by those blessed with ease (ll. 55-57)?

(see the answer key)

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