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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 sleep.
(c) Pleasures of man.
(d) Pleasures of food.

3. In l. 92, “the graybeard grieves; he knows his old friends,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

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

5. Per the narrator, what "is the best eulogy" (ll. 72-73)?
(a) The praise of posterity.
(b) The sturdiest statue.
(c) The largest grave-marker.
(d) The piles of plenty.

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

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

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

9. 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) The tumbling waves.
(c) Joy in the world.
(d) Sadness and sorrow.

10. How often will the narrator believe in the endurance of physical things (ll. 66-67)?
(a) Never.
(b) Sometimes.
(c) Once.
(d) Always.

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

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

13. Line 83, “nor gold-gives as there once were,” offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Kenning.
(b) Curling.
(c) Künstlerroman.
(d) Cunning.

14. What does the narrator note a man will have from his seafaring (l. 42)?
(a) Solace.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Surprise.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The phrase “that before he must be on his way, he act” (l. 74) offers an example of which of the following?

2. Whence does the narrator's thought fly out (l. 58)?

3. Whom does the narrator state might have something in store for a person (l. 43)?

4. In line 44, “He has no thought of the harp or the taking of rings,” there is an example of which of the following?

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

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