1. The narrator remarks he "heard nothing there but the noise of” which of the following (l. 18)?
(a) Music.
(b) Mead-drink.
(c) The laughter of men.
(d) The sea.

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

3. The narrator notes suffering which of the following "in days of toil" (ll. 2-3)?
(a) Troubled times.
(b) Pox and penury.
(c) Sweet surrender.
(d) Righteous wrath.

4. In line 55, “bitter in the breast-hoard. He does not know,” which of the following is present?
(a) Cunning.
(b) Künstlerroman.
(c) Kenning.
(d) Curling.

5. In line 29, the description “proud and puffed up with wine” is a descriptor meaning which of the following?
(a) Heavyset.
(b) Exultant.
(c) Obtuse.
(d) Intoxicated.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of which of the following is narrator deprived when he “wretched with care, dwelt all winter / on the ice-cold sea in the paths of exile" (ll. 13-16)?

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

3. Line 67, “that earthly goods will endure forever,” offers an example of which of the following?

4. What does the narrator assert must be held in moderation (ll. 111-12)?

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

(see the answer key)

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