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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator notes suffering which of the following "in days of toil" (ll. 2-3)?
(a) Pox and penury.
(b) Troubled times.
(c) Sweet surrender.
(d) Righteous wrath.

2. In the sentence “And so he who has tasted life’s joy in towns, / suffered few sad journeys, scarcely believes, / proud and puffed up with wine, what I, weary, / have often had to endure in my seafaring” (ll. 27-30), which of the following does NOT describe the “he” upon whom the narrator remarks?
(a) Suffered few sad journeys.
(b) Has tasted life's joy in towns.
(c) Weary.
(d) Proud and puffed up with wine.

3. In line 29, the description “proud and puffed up with wine” offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Anaphora.
(b) Antithesis.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Alliteration.

4. The narrator comments "the curlew’s cry ” which of the following (l. 21)?
(a) The laughter of men.
(b) The sea.
(c) Music.
(d) Mead-drink.

5. 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) Aphorism.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Anagram.
(d) Anaphora.

6. The phrase “in days of toil / I’ve often suffered troubled times, / hard heartache” (ll. 2-4) offers examples of which of the following?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Pentameter.
(d) Rhyme.

7. In line 17, “hung with icicles of frost while hail flew in showers,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?
(a) 4
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

8. What does the narrator describe as urging his spirit onwards (l. 36)?
(a) His soul's caress.
(b) His beloved's blessing.
(c) His father's fury.
(d) His heart's desire.

9. 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) Passant.
(c) Pointillism.
(d) Paradox.

10. Which of the following does the narrator “come to know / on the keel of a ship” (ll. 5-6)?
(a) Coarse dwellings.
(b) Care's dwellings.
(c) Care's swellings.
(d) Car selling.

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

12. In the phrase “to try for myself” (l. 34), relative stress / emphasis falls on the first or only syllable of which of the following?
(a) To.
(b) For.
(c) Try.
(d) Myself.

13. 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) Justification.
(b) Superposition.
(c) Juxtaposition.
(d) Carcinization.

14. The narrator describes his doubter as which of the following (ll. 27-30)?
(a) He has traveled in many journeys.
(b) He has fought in many tourneys.
(c) He has suffered few sad journeys.
(d) He has enjoyed few happy journeys.

15. The narrator comments about “the curlew’s cry for the laughter of men” (l. 21). The comment offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Pentameter.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Rhyme.
(d) Alliteration.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator describes the screaming eagle as which of the following (ll. 24-25)?

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

3. By which of the following were the narrator's "feet, bound by frost” (ll. 9-10)?

4. In the phrase “were my feet, bound by frost” (l. 9), which of the following words receives relative stress / emphasis?

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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