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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the speaker primarily relate to nature when he was younger?
(a) Through his spirit.
(b) Through his mind.
(c) Through his senses.
(d) Through his actions.

2. Which is the best definition of "perplexity" in the context of line 62?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Melancholy.
(c) Complication.
(d) Intuition.

3. What is emphasized by the diction "appetite" and "feeling" in line 82?
(a) Physical sensations.
(b) Unthinking selfishness.
(c) Youthful vitality.
(d) Passionate emotion.

4. What is the "remoter charm" that the speaker mentions in line 83?
(a) The attraction of far-away places.
(b) The pleasure of philosophical thought.
(c) The bittersweet feeling of nostalgia.
(d) The excitement of discovery.

5. What technique is employed when the speaker says he cannot "paint" the person he used to be?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Synecdoche.

6. What techniques are evidence in line 88's phrase "nor mourn nor murmur"?
(a) Cacophony and parallelism.
(b) Parallelism and consonance.
(c) Antithesis and cacophony.
(d) Consonance and antithesis.

7. What technique is employed when the speaker calls the view "food" for future years (line 66)?
(a) Verbal irony.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Euphemism.
(d) Metaphor.

8. What is the primary rhetorical function of the alliteration in line 65, "Of present pleasure, but with pleasing thoughts"?
(a) It creates a rhythmic tone that mimics footsteps.
(b) It distinguishes between the poet's senses and thoughts.
(c) It stresses the speaker's serene state of mind.
(d) It connects the present to the future.

9. Which technique is employed in line 64, "While here I stand, not only with the sense"?
(a) Paraprosdokian.
(b) Isocolon.
(c) Platitude.
(d) Inversion.

10. What is emphasized by the unusual word order in line 78's "What then I was"?
(a) The speaker's philosophical nature.
(b) The speaker's distance from the past.
(c) The speaker's ego.
(d) The speaker's eccentricity.

11. How do the speaker's present emotions compare with his past emotions?
(a) His emotions are now deeper and more overwhelming.
(b) His emotions are now less complicated and confusing.
(c) His emotions are now more muted and controlled.
(d) His emotions are now less concealed and secretive.

12. What is a "roe" (line 69)?
(a) A squirrel.
(b) A wild boar.
(c) A deer.
(d) A fish.

13. How does the speaker characterize the daytime activities of humans in the city?
(a) They are panicked.
(b) They are reckless.
(c) They are dangerous.
(d) They are pointless.

14. To whom is the apostrophe in lines 57-59 addressed?
(a) The river.
(b) The woods.
(c) The hermit.
(d) The mountains.

15. What do lines 60 and 61 describe with expressions like "recognitions dim and faint"?
(a) Misunderstandings.
(b) Failing vision.
(c) Fading memories.
(d) Shallow relationships.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the best definition of "impels" in the context of line 102?

2. Which technique is used in the line 70 phrase "I bounded o'er the mountains"?

3. Which is the best definition of the word "vain" in the context of line 52?

4. Which sound device is used in line 56, "Have hung upon the beatings of my heart"?

5. What idea is conveyed by the details listed toward the end of the fourth verse paragraph?

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