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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Which of the following is NOT hanging "in the balance before its due time" (ll. 68-70)?
(a) Attack by the sword.
(b) Illness.
(c) Being put in prison.
(d) Age.

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

7. With what does the narrator's spirit move (l. 59)?
(a) The reindeer.
(b) The ocean.
(c) The sun.
(d) The birds.

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

9. Line 66, “loaned, on land. I will never believe,” offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Ensorcellment.
(b) Enthrallment.
(c) Enjambment.
(d) End-stop.

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

11. In the phrase “nor so bold in deeds, nor so beloved of his lord” (l. 41), how many times is the alliteration iterated?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

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

13. Which of the following does the narrator note is a favorable state (ll. 39-43)?
(a) Beloved of his spouse.
(b) Beloved of his boys and girls.
(c) Beloved of his brewer.
(d) Beloved of his lord.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Line 83, “nor gold-gives as there once were,” offers an example of which of the following?

2. What does the narrator claim is a gift that does not help against fear?

3. The narrator states that “Joy is laid low, / the earth’s nobility grows old and withers, / just like every man throughout this middle-earth” (ll. 88-90). The sentence offers an example of which of the following?

4. Per the narrator, what "is the best eulogy" (ll. 72-73)?

5. In l. 80, “delight among heaven’s host. The days are lost,” how many times is the alliteration iterated?

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