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WorksheetsThe Seafarer
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
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1.
Most images at the beginning of the poem refer to
a)
coldness
b)
color
c)
animals
d)
heroes
2.
The speaker’s feelings for the sea are best described as
a)
hostile and resentful
b)
friendly and loving
c)
respectful and fascinated
d)
cheerful and sympathetic
3.
The tone in which the speaker describes earlier times is
a)
objective, because he describes past events as a reporter would
b)
nostalgic, because he speaks with longing
c)
bitter, because he speaks of his former companions with hatred
d)
humorous, because he uses irony to describe the past
4.
The speaker thinks that the world in its present state is
a)
a. an improvement on the past
b)
a. not seriously flawed
c)
a. striving to improve
d)
without glory and honor
5.
Which of the following statements best describes the speaker’s thoughts about death?
a)
He fears suffering and dying a painful death.
b)
He is afraid of freezing to death
c)
He believes that he will die at sea.
d)
He wants to be buried with gold to please God.
6.
The poem ends with a
a)
prayer to Thor
b)
statement of the poet’s beliefs
c)
a. song of praise for the sea
d)
return to the speaker’s sea story
7.
Life has taught the speaker that
a)
worldly glory and power vanish
b)
fate and God help only sailors
c)
a. life on land can be exciting
d)
kings reward courageous acts
8.
That “The Seafarer” is an elegy is supported by all of the following assertions except that the
a)
speaker laments something lost
b)
poem is filled with a sense of sadness
c)
a. speaker begs God’s forgiveness
d)
speaker stresses the transience of earthly life
9.
All of the following quotations from “The Seafarer” are characteristic of an elegy except
a)
“The days are gone / When the kingdoms of earth flourished in glory”
b)
“No passion for women, no worldly pleasures”
c)
“How the sea . . . swept me back / And forth in sorrow”
d)
“Called me eagerly out, sent me over / The horizon”
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