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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lines 103-124.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator claims to be doubted by which of the following (ll. 27-30)?
(a) She who knows the old wisdom.
(b) He who has tasted life’s joy in towns.
(c) He who furnished commencement gowns.
(d) His own heart and mind.

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

3. What in the humble person does the narrator assert the Maker will strengthen (ll. 107-08)?
(a) Mind.
(b) Heart.
(c) Stomach.
(d) Spirit.

4. What does the narrator assert must be held in moderation (ll. 111-12)?
(a) Love for a spouse and hatred for a foe.
(b) Love for the land and love for the sea.
(c) Love for drink and hatred for bad food.
(d) Love for a friend and hatred for a foe.

5. 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?
(a) Parallelism.
(b) Pointillism.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Passant.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the phrase “summer’s guardian announces sorrow” (l. 54), which of the following is present?

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

3. In line 35, “the high seas, the tossing salt streams,” how many times is the alliteration iterated?

4. The narrator remarks he "heard nothing there but the noise of” which of the following (l. 18)?

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

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