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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. The phrase "given up to the earth" (l. 93) is a euphemism for which of the following?
(a) Farming.
(b) Mining.
(c) Death.
(d) Masonry.

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

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

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

8. 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) Attack.
(b) By.
(c) Sword.
(d) The.

9. 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) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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

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

12. In line 55, “bitter in the breast-hoard. He does not know,” which of the following is present?
(a) Künstlerroman.
(b) Curling.
(c) Cunning.
(d) Kenning.

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

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

15. Which of the following will "urge the eager-hearted / spirit to travel" (ll. 48-52)?
(a) Giraffes taking badgers.
(b) Birds taking flight.
(c) Groves taking blossom.
(d) Graves taking bodies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Line 92, “the graybeard grieves; he knows his old friends,” offers an example of which of the following?

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

3. How does the narrator describe a brother's soul (l. 100)?

4. In l. 92, “the graybeard grieves; he knows his old friends,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?

5. The descriptor “greedy and hungry” (l. 62) modifies which of the following?

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