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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The narrator notes suffering in which of the following (ll. 27-30)?
(a) Sunbathing.
(b) Seafaring.
(c) Ceasing.
(d) Shackling.

3. In line 29, the description “proud and puffed up with wine” offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Antithesis.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Anaphora.

4. With what does the narrator remark a brother may wish to bury his brother (ll. 97-99)?
(a) Myriad pleasures.
(b) Several measures.
(c) Myriad treasures.
(d) Silver and jewels.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens to the earth's nobility (l. 89)?

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

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