The Seafarer

The poem was originally written in?

• Latin
• Spanish
• German
• Old English

Which phrase is an accurate description of the sea? 

• Harsh, lonely, cold
• Mild, comfortable
• hot, torturous
• Comforting, peaceful 

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Most images at the beginning of the poem refer to

• coldness
• color
• animals
• heroes

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The speaker’s feelings for the sea are best described as

• hostile and resentful
• friendly and loving
• respectful and fascinated
• cheerful and sympathetic

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The tone in which the speaker describes earlier times is 

• objective, because he describes past events as a reporter would
• nostalgic, because he speaks with longing
•  bitter, because he speaks of his former companions with hatred
• humorous, because he uses irony to describe the past

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The speaker thinks that the world in its present state is

• a.  an improvement on the past
• a.  not seriously flawed
• a.  striving to improve
• without glory and honor

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CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Life has taught the speaker that

•   worldly glory and power vanish
•   fate and God help only sailors
• a.  life on land can be exciting
• kings reward courageous acts

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

How does the narrator feel about the sea? 

• He hates it and wishes never to return.
• He hopes to return to land soon.
• It is a challenge, but he is drawn to it. 
• He loves it beyond any other life. 

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

The Pagans believed you could get into heaven by what?

• pour gold on kinsman's grave
• set the flames of a funeral pyre
• living a good life
• Pagans do not believe in heaven

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Who is the speaker, what point of view is used?

• A seafarer-third person
• A seafarer-second person
• A  seafarer-first person
• A preacher-first person

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CCSS.RL.9-10.6

CCSS.SL.9-10.3