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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lines 58-102.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who remains to rule the world (l. 87)?
(a) The weak.
(b) The strong.
(c) The stay-at-home.
(d) The adventurous.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In line 35, “the high seas, the tossing salt streams,” how many times is the alliteration iterated?

3. Which of the following does the narrator note is a favorable state (ll. 39-43)?

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

5. The narrator describes hail as which of the following (ll. 32-33)?

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