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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lines 103-124.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Sadness and sorrow.
(c) Piles of silver.
(d) The tumbling waves.

2. Which of the following does the narrator exclude from the mind of one who seeks to sail (ll. 44-47)?
(a) Taking of rings.
(b) Crowns of the kings.
(c) A songbird that sings.
(d) Making of things.

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

4. In line 120, “of eternal blessedness,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator assert will come for the humble person (l. 107)?

2. Which of the following renamings does the narrator give "the Holy One" (ll. 121-14)?

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

4. In line 105, “the earth’s solid surface and the high heavens,” how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?

5. The narrator remarks that “the wild swan’s song / sometimes served as my music, the gannet’s call / and the curlew’s cry for the laughter of men, / the seagull’s singing for mead-drink” (ll. 19-22). The passage offers an example of which of the following?

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