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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In l. 85, “and lived in most lordly fame,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

2. 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?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Analogy.
(c) Simile.
(d) Metaphor.

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

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

5. Where do they walk whom the narrator says endure things unknown by those blessed with ease (ll. 55-57)?
(a) Streets of the city.
(b) Roads of riun.
(c) Highways of heaven.
(d) Paths of exile.

6. What happens to the earth's nobility (l. 89)?
(a) It eats.
(b) It increases.
(c) It goes away.
(d) It withers.

7. The narrator remarks that "The joys of the Lord than this dead life" are which of the following (ll. 64-65)?
(a) Softer.
(b) Colder.
(c) Sweeter.
(d) Hotter.

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

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

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

11. 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.

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

13. Which of the following does the narrator exclude from the mind of one who seeks to sail (ll. 44-47)?
(a) Crowns of the kings.
(b) Making of things.
(c) Taking of rings.
(d) A songbird that sings.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the narrator claim to stand (l. 90)?

2. How often will the narrator believe in the endurance of physical things (ll. 66-67)?

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

4. With what does the narrator remark a brother may wish to bury his brother (ll. 97-99)?

5. With what does the narrator's spirit move (l. 59)?

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