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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which genre does “The Seafarer” belong?
(a) Exegesis.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Epic.
(d) Elegy.

2. Which of the following does the narrator assert is true of “he whose lot is fairest on land” (ll. 12-13)?
(a) He protects and attacks.
(b) He does not know.
(c) He does not care.
(d) He just complains.

3. 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?
(a) Paradox.
(b) Passant.
(c) Pointillism.
(d) Parallelism.

4. The phrase "given up to the earth" (l. 93) is a euphemism for which of the following?
(a) Masonry.
(b) Farming.
(c) Death.
(d) Mining.

5. Where does the narrator claim to stand (l. 90)?
(a) Asgard.
(b) Númenor.
(c) Middle-earth.
(d) Exeter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To which of the following does "his fleshly cloak" (l. 94) refer?

3. Which of the following does he have "who hastens to sea" (l. 47)?

4. The narrator describes the screaming eagle as which of the following (ll. 24-25)?

5. Per the narrator, what "is the best eulogy" (ll. 72-73)?

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