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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In line 75, what word does the speaker use to characterize his boyhood pleasures?
(a) "Coarser."
(b) "Sweeter."
(c) "Foolish."
(d) "Heedless."

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

4. What "still sad music" does the speaker hear when he looks at the landscape (93)?
(a) The "still sad music of the past."
(b) The "still sad music of the spheres."
(c) The "still sad music of philosophy."
(d) The "still sad music of humanity."

5. What is the best definition of "impels" in the context of line 102?
(a) To force compliance.
(b) To limit or define.
(c) To inspire and improve.
(d) To drive or motivate action.

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

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

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

9. Which technique is used in the line 70 phrase "I bounded o'er the mountains"?
(a) Elision.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Platitude.

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

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

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

13. What idea is conveyed by the details listed toward the end of the fourth verse paragraph?
(a) Although essentially amoral, nature can still teach humans important lessons.
(b) Nature is far more mysterious than most people understand.
(c) All things are unified and guided by a single spiritual force.
(d) It is natural for people to get more philosophical and less emotional as they age.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in lines 100-101: "And the round ocean and the living air,/ And the blue sky, and in the mind of man"?

2. What is the best definition of "cataract" in the context of line 78?

3. Which technique is employed in line 64, "While here I stand, not only with the sense"?

4. What technique is employed when the speaker calls the view "food" for future years (line 66)?

5. What is the primary rhetorical function of the alliteration in line 65, "Of present pleasure, but with pleasing thoughts"?

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