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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Weary.
(b) Has tasted life's joy in towns.
(c) Proud and puffed up with wine.
(d) Suffered few sad journeys.

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

3. 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) Euphemism.
(b) Rhyme.
(c) Pentameter.
(d) Alliteration.

4. How many stressed / emphasized syllables occur in the opening comment of the poem, “I sing a true song of myself” (l. 1)?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

5. By which of the following were the narrator's "feet, bound by frost” (ll. 9-10)?
(a) Coder flatterers.
(b) Cold feathers.
(c) Cod fetters.
(d) Cold fetters.

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. 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) Seafaring.
(d) Endure.

13. Which of the following came from the north (l. 31)?
(a) Snow.
(b) Attack.
(c) Rain.
(d) Wind.

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

15. 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) He who has tasted life’s joy in towns.
(d) His own heart and mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator notes suffering in which of the following (ll. 27-30)?

2. Per the Broadview editors (16-17), when is “The Seafarer” believed to have been written?

3. In line 29, “proud and puffed up with wine, what I, weary,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?

4. The narrator comments "the curlew’s cry ” which of the following (l. 21)?

5. 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). In the sentence, “I” is in apposition to which of the following?

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