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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In l. 85, “and lived in most lordly fame,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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

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

4. Per the narrator, what "is the best eulogy" (ll. 72-73)?
(a) The largest grave-marker.
(b) The piles of plenty.
(c) The sturdiest statue.
(d) The praise of posterity.

5. Which of the following does the narrator note is a favorable state (ll. 39-43)?
(a) Beloved of his spouse.
(b) Beloved of his lord.
(c) Beloved of his boys and girls.
(d) Beloved of his brewer.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes which of the following as his thinking part (l. 34)?

2. How often will the narrator believe in the endurance of physical things (ll. 66-67)?

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

4. Which of the following came from the north (l. 31)?

5. The narrator notes suffering which of the following "in days of toil" (ll. 2-3)?

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