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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the phrase “summer’s guardian announces sorrow” (l. 54), relative stress / emphasis DOES NOT fall on the first syllable of which of the following?
(a) Guardian.
(b) Announces.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Summer's.

2. In line 44, “He has no thought of the harp or the taking of rings,” there is an example of which of the following?
(a) Synecdoche.
(b) Simile.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Metonymy.

3. The phrase “roams widely over the whale’s home” (l. 60) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Künstlerroman.
(b) Curling.
(c) Cunning.
(d) Kenning.

4. To what does the phrase “summer’s guardian" refer (l. 54)?
(a) Egret.
(b) Crow.
(c) Cuckoo.
(d) Eagle.

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

6. Whom does the narrator state might have something in store for a person (l. 43)?
(a) The Lady.
(b) Nobody.
(c) The devil.
(d) The Lord.

7. Per the narrator, what must a man do "before he must be on his way" (ll. 74-79)?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Eat.
(c) Act.
(d) Pack.

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

9. 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) Attack.
(c) By.
(d) Sword.

10. What does the narrator claim is a gift that does not help against fear?
(a) Youth.
(b) Girth.
(c) Grace.
(d) Boldness.

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

12. Whom does the narrator claim is beaten by bold deeds (l. 76)?
(a) The seafarer.
(b) The man in town.
(c) The devil.
(d) The eagle.

13. To which of the following does "his fleshly cloak" (l. 94) refer?
(a) Body.
(b) Bearskin rug.
(c) Skirt steak.
(d) Parchment.

14. Whence does the narrator's thought fly out (l. 58)?
(a) His breast.
(b) His head.
(c) His belly.
(d) His ears.

15. In l. 92, “the graybeard grieves; he knows his old friends,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do they walk whom the narrator says endure things unknown by those blessed with ease (ll. 55-57)?

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

3. How long does the narrator claim a brave person's praise will endure (ll. 78-79)?

4. The phrase "given up to the earth" (l. 93) is a euphemism for which of the following?

5. Which of the following will "urge the eager-hearted / spirit to travel" (ll. 48-52)?

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