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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often will the narrator believe in the endurance of physical things (ll. 66-67)?
(a) Always.
(b) Sometimes.
(c) Never.
(d) Once.

2. To which of the following does "the greybeard" refer (l. 92)?
(a) An old goat.
(b) Hanging moss.
(c) An old man.
(d) An old woman.

3. In the phrase “he always has longing who hastens to sea” (l. 47), how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

4. What “hangs in the balance before its due time" (ll. 68-69)?
(a) One thing.
(b) One of two things.
(c) One of three things.
(d) One of five things.

5. In l. 80, “delight among heaven’s host. The days are lost,” there is an example of which of the following?
(a) Enjambment.
(b) End-stop.
(c) Euphemism.
(d) Enthrallment.

6. What has the fallen noble host lost (l. 86)?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Hunger.
(c) Tacos.
(d) Sadness.

7. In l. 70, “illness or age or attack by the sword,” relative stress / emphasis falls on the first or only syllable of which of the following?
(a) The.
(b) By.
(c) Sword.
(d) Attack.

8. In the line “my spirit moves with the sea-flood” (l. 59), how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

9. The narrator describes sorrow as being which of the following (ll. 54-55)?
(a) Bitter in the breast-hoard.
(b) Stinky in the strong-parts.
(c) Painful to the purse-string.
(d) Sour in the skull-hoard.

10. In l. 102, “the gold he had hidden while he lived here on earth,” how many times is the DOMINANT alliteration iterated?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

11. With which of the following does the narrator note "a brother might wish to strew his brother's / grave" (ll. 97-98)?
(a) Grains.
(b) Beryl.
(c) Gold.
(d) Silver.

12. How long does the narrator claim a brave person's praise will endure (ll. 78-79)?
(a) One day.
(b) A year.
(c) Never.
(d) Forever.

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

14. The narrator remarks that "The joys of the Lord than this dead life" are which of the following (ll. 64-65)?
(a) Softer.
(b) Colder.
(c) Hotter.
(d) Sweeter.

15. What happens to the earth's nobility (l. 89)?
(a) It increases.
(b) It eats.
(c) It withers.
(d) It goes away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Line 67, “that earthly goods will endure forever,” offers an example of which of the following?

2. In the phrase “summer’s guardian announces sorrow” (l. 54), which of the following is present?

3. In line 55, “bitter in the breast-hoard. He does not know,” which of the following is present?

4. Which of the following does the narrator exclude from the mind of one who seeks to sail (ll. 44-47)?

5. To what is the narrator's heart incited irresistibly (l. 63)?

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