Q01of 10
What is the overall verse form of Gudrida's prophecy section (lines 141–290)?
Q02of 10
The opening narrative section (lines 119–140) describes the crew as feeling 'alone as men were never in the world.' Which technique best describes this statement?
Q03of 10
In the prophecy, the lines 'Dark hair and fair hair, / Red blood and blue blood, / There shall be mingled' primarily develop which theme?
Q04of 10
Gudrida prophesies 'Here is no singer; / What should they sing of?' What is the speaker's attitude toward the builders of the New World in these lines?
Q05of 10
The figure of 'the wolf Fenrir' lying in wait (lines 203–205) is best understood as what kind of allusion?
Q06of 10
What does Biörn's silence (lines 134–137) reveal about his character in contrast to the shouting crew?
Q07of 10
The image of icebergs as 'white cliffs of silence, beautiful by day, / Or looming, sudden-perilous, at night' functions primarily to convey which idea?
Q08of 10
In the closing stanzas of the prophecy, 'It is the White Christ, / Stronger than Thor' signals what shift in the poem's argument?
Q09of 10
According to the prophecy, what will the New World ultimately offer that the Old World lacked?
Q10of 10
The phrase 'All things save song-craft, / Plant long in growing, / Thrusting its tap-root / Deep in the Gone' means the New World will give future generations everything except:
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