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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lines 39-57.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From which of the following does the narrator note the tern replies (l. 23)?
(a) Stone cliffs.
(b) Standing trees.
(c) Solemn graves.
(d) Ship's stem.

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

3. In line 44, “He has no thought of the harp or the taking of rings,” there is an example of which of the following?
(a) Metonymy.
(b) Allegory.
(c) Simile.
(d) Synecdoche.

4. The narrator notes a lack of which of the following (ll. 25-26)?
(a) Isolation.
(b) Consolation.
(c) Integration.
(d) Confirmation.

5. In line 32, “frost bound the ground, hail fell on the earth,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does the narrator assert is true of “he whose lot is fairest on land” (ll. 12-13)?

2. The narrator remarks that “no sheltering family / could bring consolation to” which of the following (ll. 25-26)?

3. To which genre does “The Seafarer” belong?

4. The phrase “in days of toil / I’ve often suffered troubled times, / hard heartache” (ll. 2-4) offers examples of which of the following?

5. Which of the following does the narrator link to the noise of the sea (ll. 18-19)?

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