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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 remarks that “Storms beat the stone cliffs where the tern answered them, / icy-feathered; often the eagle screamed, / dewy-feathered” (ll. 23-25). The passage offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Anagram.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Aphorism.

2. The second sentence of the poem reads “Pinched with cold / were my feet, bound by frost / in cold fetters, while cares seethed / hot around my heart, hunger tore from within / my sea-weary mind” (ll. 8-12). The sentence offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Passant.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Parallelism.
(d) Pointillism.

3. Where do they walk whom the narrator says endure things unknown by those blessed with ease (ll. 55-57)?
(a) Highways of heaven.
(b) Streets of the city.
(c) Roads of riun.
(d) Paths of exile.

4. The phrase "given up to the earth" (l. 93) is a euphemism for which of the following?
(a) Masonry.
(b) Farming.
(c) Mining.
(d) Death.

5. In the phrase “nor so bold in deeds, nor so beloved of his lord” (l. 41), how many times is the alliteration iterated?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. In line 32, “frost bound the ground, hail fell on the earth,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?

2. Which of the following is NOT hanging "in the balance before its due time" (ll. 68-70)?

3. Who remains to rule the world (l. 87)?

4. The phrase “frost bound the ground, hail fell on the earth” (l. 32) offers an example of which of the following?

5. Whom does the narrator state might have something in store for a person (l. 43)?

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