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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In line 37, “time and again to travel, so that I might seek,” how many times is the DOMINANT alliteration iterated?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

2. With which of the following does the narrator note "a brother might wish to strew his brother's / grave" (ll. 97-98)?
(a) Gold.
(b) Silver.
(c) Beryl.
(d) Grains.

3. Which of the following will "urge the eager-hearted / spirit to travel" (ll. 48-52)?
(a) Graves taking bodies.
(b) Groves taking blossom.
(c) Giraffes taking badgers.
(d) Birds taking flight.

4. The narrator describes the screaming eagle as which of the following (ll. 24-25)?
(a) Dewy-feathered.
(b) Carrion-eating.
(c) Sky-beautiful.
(d) Family-like.

5. With what does the narrator's spirit move (l. 59)?
(a) The ocean.
(b) The sun.
(c) The reindeer.
(d) The birds.

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 describes hail as which of the following (ll. 32-33)?

3. Where does the narrator claim to stand (l. 90)?

4. Per the narrator, what must a man do "before he must be on his way" (ll. 74-79)?

5. Which of the following does the narrator remark happened when he "wretched with care, dwelt all winter” (ll. 14-17)?

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