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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 “frost bound the ground, hail fell on the earth” (l. 32) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Pun.
(c) Euphemism.
(d) Rhyme.

2. In l. 80, “delight among heaven’s host. The days are lost,” there is an example of which of the following?
(a) Enthrallment.
(b) Enjambment.
(c) End-stop.
(d) Euphemism.

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

4. In line 35, “the high seas, the tossing salt streams,” how many times is the alliteration iterated?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

5. From which of the following does the narrator note the tern replies (l. 23)?
(a) Ship's stem.
(b) Stone cliffs.
(c) Solemn graves.
(d) Standing trees.

Short Answer 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?

2. Line 92, “the graybeard grieves; he knows his old friends,” offers an example of which of the following?

3. The narrator comments "the curlew’s cry ” which of the following (l. 21)?

4. To which of the following does "the greybeard" refer (l. 92)?

5. The narrator remarks that “Storms beat the stone cliffs where the tern answered them, / icy-feathered” (ll. 23-24). The passage offers an example of which of the following?

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