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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lines 58-102.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The narrator describes the screaming eagle as which of the following (ll. 24-25)?
(a) Carrion-eating.
(b) Family-like.
(c) Dewy-feathered.
(d) Sky-beautiful.
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?
(a) Curling.
(b) Kenning.
(c) Künstlerroman.
(d) Cunning.
3. Where do they walk whom the narrator says endure things unknown by those blessed with ease (ll. 55-57)?
(a) Highways of heaven.
(b) Paths of exile.
(c) Roads of riun.
(d) Streets of the city.
4. The narrator describes his doubter as which of the following (ll. 27-30)?
(a) He has enjoyed few happy journeys.
(b) He has fought in many tourneys.
(c) He has suffered few sad journeys.
(d) He has traveled in many journeys.
5. The narrator comments "the curlew’s cry ” which of the following (l. 21)?
(a) Music.
(b) The laughter of men.
(c) The sea.
(d) Mead-drink.
Short Answer Questions
1. Per the narrator, what must a man do "before he must be on his way" (ll. 74-79)?
2. The narrator describes sorrow as being which of the following (ll. 54-55)?
3. In line 17, “hung with icicles of frost while hail flew in showers,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?
4. 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)?
5. The narrator comments about “the curlew’s cry for the laughter of men” (l. 21). The comment offers an example of which of the following?
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