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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has the fallen noble host lost (l. 86)?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Tacos.
(d) Hunger.

2. To which of the following does "the greybeard" refer (l. 92)?
(a) An old woman.
(b) An old goat.
(c) Hanging moss.
(d) An old man.

3. The narrator describes sorrow as being which of the following (ll. 54-55)?
(a) Sour in the skull-hoard.
(b) Stinky in the strong-parts.
(c) Bitter in the breast-hoard.
(d) Painful to the purse-string.

4. Which of the following does the narrator exclude from the mind of one who seeks to sail (ll. 44-47)?
(a) The drum.
(b) The horn.
(c) The harp.
(d) The pipe.

5. What “hangs in the balance before its due time" (ll. 68-69)?
(a) One of three things.
(b) One of two things.
(c) One of five things.
(d) One thing.

6. In the phrase “he always has longing who hastens to sea” (l. 47), how many relatively stressed / emphasized syllables are present?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

7. In l. 70, “illness or age or attack by the sword,” relative stress / emphasis falls on the first or only syllable of which of the following?
(a) The.
(b) Attack.
(c) Sword.
(d) By.

8. Whence does the narrator's thought fly out (l. 58)?
(a) His breast.
(b) His ears.
(c) His head.
(d) His belly.

9. In the phrase “summer’s guardian announces sorrow” (l. 54), relative stress / emphasis DOES NOT fall on the first syllable of which of the following?
(a) Announces.
(b) Guardian.
(c) Summer's.
(d) Sorrow.

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

11. How long does the narrator claim a brave person's praise will endure (ll. 78-79)?
(a) Forever.
(b) A year.
(c) One day.
(d) Never.

12. The descriptor “greedy and hungry” (l. 62) modifies which of the following?
(a) Me.
(b) The sea-flood.
(c) My spirit.
(d) My breast.

13. In l. 80, “delight among heaven’s host. The days are lost,” how many times is the alliteration iterated?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does the narrator claim is beaten by bold deeds (l. 76)?

2. To what does "be on his way" refer (l. 74)?

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

4. To what does the phrase “summer’s guardian" refer (l. 54)?

5. The phrase “roams widely over the whale’s home” (l. 60) offers an example of which of the following?

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