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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which collection does “The Seafarer” appear?
(a) The Voynich Manuscript.
(b) The Exeter Book.
(c) The Vercelli Book.
(d) The Winchester Manuscript.

2. 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)?
(a) Deer hunting.
(b) Dear kissing.
(c) Dear kinsmen.
(d) Dead kinsmen.

3. The phrase “frost bound the ground, hail fell on the earth” (l. 32) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Euphemism.
(b) Rhyme.
(c) Pun.
(d) Hyperbole.

4. Which of the following will "urge the eager-hearted / spirit to travel" (ll. 48-52)?
(a) Fields brighten.
(b) Cities darken.
(c) Fields darken.
(d) Forests brighten.

5. What musician does the narrator claim to have heard (ll. 19-20)?
(a) The tame goose.
(b) The red cardinal.
(c) The clucking chicken.
(d) The wild swan.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator remarks that “That man does not know, / he whose lot is fairest on land, / how I, wretched with care, dwelt all winter / on the ice-cold sea in the paths of exile, / deprived of dear kinsmen, / hung with icicles of frost while hail flew in showers” (ll. 12-17). In the sentence, “I” is in apposition to which of the following?

2. The narrator remarks that “That man does not know, / he whose lot is fairest on land, / how I, wretched with care, dwelt all winter / on the ice-cold sea in the paths of exile, / deprived of dear kinsmen, / hung with icicles of frost while hail flew in showers” (ll. 12-17). The sentence offers an example of which of the following?

3. To what end does the narrator note he is driven (ll. 36-38)?

4. The second sentence of the poem reads “Pinched with cold / were my feet, bound by frost / in cold fetters, while cares seethed / hot around my heart, hunger tore from within / my sea-weary mind” (ll. 8-12). The sentence offers an example of which of the following?

5. What does the narrator note a man will have from his seafaring (l. 42)?

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