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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Grains.
(c) Beryl.
(d) Gold.

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

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

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

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

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

7. The phrase “that before he must be on his way, he act” (l. 74) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Eucatastrophe.
(b) Euphonium.
(c) Euphemism.
(d) Eunuch.

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

9. 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.

10. Which of the following does the narrator exclude from the mind of one who seeks to sail (ll. 44-47)?
(a) Pleasures of woman.
(b) Pleasures of food.
(c) Pleasures of sleep.
(d) Pleasures of man.

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

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

13. Line 92, “the graybeard grieves; he knows his old friends,” offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Synecdoche.
(b) Simile.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Allegory.

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To which of the following does "the greybeard" refer (l. 92)?

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

4. To what does the phrase “summer’s guardian" refer (l. 54)?

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

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