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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 remarks that none “could bring consolation to my desolate soul” (l. 26). How many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are in the line?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

2. The narrator suggests that the seafarer of the title is which of the following (ll. 35-38)?
(a) The narrator.
(b) His spirit.
(c) The man in town.
(d) God.

3. Whom does the narrator claim is beaten by bold deeds (l. 76)?
(a) The seafarer.
(b) The man in town.
(c) The eagle.
(d) The devil.

4. 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) Künstlerroman.
(b) Curling.
(c) Kenning.
(d) Cunning.

5. How often will the narrator believe in the endurance of physical things (ll. 66-67)?
(a) Sometimes.
(b) Once.
(c) Always.
(d) Never.

Short Answer Questions

1. Line 67, “that earthly goods will endure forever,” offers an example of which of the following?

2. In line 29, the description “proud and puffed up with wine” is a descriptor meaning which of the following?

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

4. The narrator claims to be doubted by which of the following (ll. 27-30)?

5. In line 30, “have often had to endure in my seafaring,” relative stress / emphasis falls on the first or only syllable of which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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