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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which collection does “The Seafarer” appear?
(a) The Voynich Manuscript.
(b) The Winchester Manuscript.
(c) The Exeter Book.
(d) The Vercelli Book.

2. To which genre does “The Seafarer” belong?
(a) Exegesis.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Elegy.
(d) Epic.

3. The narrator describes his thoughts as doing which of the following (ll. 33-34)?
(a) Compel him.
(b) Dissuade him.
(c) Suggest to him.
(d) Forbid him.

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

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

6. 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) Myself.
(b) For.
(c) Try.
(d) To.

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

8. In line 30, “have often had to endure in my seafaring,” relative stress / emphasis falls on the first or only syllable of which of the following?
(a) Had.
(b) My.
(c) Endure.
(d) Seafaring.

9. What musician does the narrator claim to have heard (ll. 19-20)?
(a) The red cardinal.
(b) The wild swan.
(c) The tame goose.
(d) The clucking chicken.

10. In line 28, “suffered few sad journeys, scarcely believes,” relative stress / emphasis falls on the first or only syllable of which of the following?
(a) Believes.
(b) Journeys.
(c) Sad.
(d) Few.

11. The narrator remarks that “That man does not know, / he whose lot is fairest on land, / how I, wretched with care, dwelt all winter / on the ice-cold sea in the paths of exile, / deprived of dear kinsmen, / hung with icicles of frost while hail flew in showers” (ll. 12-17). The sentence offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Künstlerroman.
(b) Kenning.
(c) Curling.
(d) Cunning.

12. The narrator remarks that none “could bring consolation to my desolate soul” (l. 26). How many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are in the line?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

13. The narrator notes that which of the following darkened (l. 31)?
(a) The new moon.
(b) The swift winds.
(c) The night-shadow.
(d) The day-walker.

14. 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) Anagram.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Allegory.

15. The narrator remarks that “I heard nothing there but the noise of the sea” (l. 18). Relative stress / emphasis falls at the beginning of which words in the remark?
(a) I and sea.
(b) There and the.
(c) Heard and noise.
(d) I and nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator suggests that the seafarer of the title is which of the following (ll. 35-38)?

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

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

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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