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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of which of the following is narrator deprived when he “wretched with care, dwelt all winter / on the ice-cold sea in the paths of exile" (ll. 13-16)?
(a) Deer hunting.
(b) Dear kinsmen.
(c) Dead kinsmen.
(d) Dear kissing.

2. How does the narrator describe a brother's soul (l. 100)?
(a) Full of food.
(b) Empty of meaning.
(c) Full of sin.
(d) Empty of sin.

3. Line 66, “loaned, on land. I will never believe,” offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Enthrallment.
(b) Ensorcellment.
(c) End-stop.
(d) Enjambment.

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

5. In the phrase “summer’s guardian announces sorrow” (l. 54), which of the following is present?
(a) Curling.
(b) Cunning.
(c) Kenning.
(d) Künstlerroman.

Short Answer Questions

1. With which of the following does the narrator note "a brother might wish to strew his brother's / grave" (ll. 97-98)?

2. Which of the following does he have "who hastens to sea" (l. 47)?

3. In line 44, “He has no thought of the harp or the taking of rings,” there is an example of which of the following?

4. What does the narrator claim is a gift that does not help against fear?

5. In l. 80, “delight among heaven’s host. The days are lost,” there is an example of which of the following?

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