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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does the phrase “summer’s guardian" refer (l. 54)?
(a) Eagle.
(b) Cuckoo.
(c) Egret.
(d) Crow.

2. In line 29, “proud and puffed up with wine, what I, weary,” offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Supposition.
(b) Apposition.
(c) Opposition.
(d) Proposition.

3. Which of the following does the narrator exclude from the mind of one who seeks to sail (ll. 44-47)?
(a) Joy in the world.
(b) Piles of silver.
(c) The tumbling waves.
(d) Sadness and sorrow.

4. Which of the following does he have "who hastens to sea" (l. 47)?
(a) Growing.
(b) Surfing.
(c) Hurting.
(d) Longing.

5. In the phrase “nor so bold in deeds, nor so beloved of his lord” (l. 41), how many times is the alliteration iterated?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator notes suffering which of the following "in days of toil" (ll. 2-3)?

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

3. By which of the following were the narrator's "feet, bound by frost” (ll. 9-10)?

4. What does the narrator describe as urging his spirit onwards (l. 36)?

5. How many stressed / emphasized syllables occur in the opening comment of the poem, “I sing a true song of myself” (l. 1)?

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