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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does the narrator exclude from the mind of one who seeks to sail (ll. 44-47)?
(a) Sadness and sorrow.
(b) Piles of silver.
(c) Joy in the world.
(d) The tumbling waves.

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

3. The narrator describes how many people as fearless (ll. 39-43)?
(a) One.
(b) None.
(c) Some.
(d) All.

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

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

6. 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) Sorrow.
(b) Summer's.
(c) Guardian.
(d) Announces.

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

8. To what is the narrator's heart incited irresistibly (l. 63)?
(a) The well.
(b) The river.
(c) The lake.
(d) The ocean.

9. With what does the narrator remark a brother may wish to bury his brother (ll. 97-99)?
(a) Myriad treasures.
(b) Silver and jewels.
(c) Myriad pleasures.
(d) Several measures.

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

11. In the phrase “summer’s guardian announces sorrow” (l. 54), which of the following is present?
(a) Curling.
(b) Kenning.
(c) Cunning.
(d) Künstlerroman.

12. Line 67, “that earthly goods will endure forever,” offers an example of which of the following?
(a) End-stop.
(b) Endemic.
(c) Enjambment.
(d) Entrepreneurship.

13. In l. 80, “delight among heaven’s host. The days are lost,” how many times is the alliteration iterated?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

14. Which of the following will "urge the eager-hearted / spirit to travel" (ll. 48-52)?
(a) Fields darken.
(b) Fields brighten.
(c) Forests brighten.
(d) Cities darken.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Line 66, “loaned, on land. I will never believe,” offers an example of which of the following?

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

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

4. To which of the following does "his fleshly cloak" (l. 94) refer?

5. Which of the following is NOT hanging "in the balance before its due time" (ll. 68-70)?

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