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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. From which of the following does the narrator note the tern replies (l. 23)?
(a) Standing trees.
(b) Stone cliffs.
(c) Ship's stem.
(d) Solemn graves.

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) Alliteration.
(d) Allegory.

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

5. In line 29, the description “proud and puffed up with wine” is a descriptor meaning which of the following?
(a) Exultant.
(b) Obtuse.
(c) Heavyset.
(d) Intoxicated.

6. In line 35, “the high seas, the tossing salt streams,” how many times is the alliteration iterated?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

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

8. 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 swellings.
(c) Car selling.
(d) Care's dwellings.

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

10. Which of the following does the narrator link to the noise of the sea (ll. 18-19)?
(a) The rolling tide.
(b) The surging surf.
(c) The leaping dolphins.
(d) The ice-cold waves.

11. The narrator remarks he "heard nothing there but the noise of” which of the following (l. 18)?
(a) Music.
(b) Mead-drink.
(c) The sea.
(d) The laughter of men.

12. The narrator suggests that the seafarer of the title is which of the following (ll. 35-38)?
(a) The narrator.
(b) The man in town.
(c) God.
(d) His spirit.

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

14. In line 29, “proud and puffed up with wine, what I, weary,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

15. Which of the following does the narrator assert is true of “he whose lot is fairest on land” (ll. 12-13)?
(a) He does not care.
(b) He protects and attacks.
(c) He does not know.
(d) He just complains.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator remarks that none “could bring consolation to my desolate soul” (l. 26). How many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are in the line?

2. In line 17, “hung with icicles of frost while hail flew in showers,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?

3. Which of the following came from the north (l. 31)?

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

5. 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)?

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