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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) A songbird that sings.
(c) Crowns of the kings.
(d) Making of things.

3. To what does "be on his way" refer (l. 74)?
(a) Life.
(b) Death.
(c) Vacation.
(d) Commuting.

4. The phrase “frost bound the ground, hail fell on the earth” (l. 32) offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Pun.
(d) Rhyme.

5. Line 92, “the graybeard grieves; he knows his old friends,” offers an example of which of the following?
(a) Synecdoche.
(b) Metonymy.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Simile.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator states that “Joy is laid low, / the earth’s nobility grows old and withers, / just like every man throughout this middle-earth” (ll. 88-90). The sentence offers an example of which of the following?

2. 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?

3. Which of the following does the narrator state a person must do (l. 109)?

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

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

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