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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 actions.
(b) Through his senses.
(c) Through his mind.
(d) Through his spirit.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Which is the best definition of the word "vain" in the context of line 52?
(a) Foolish, worthless.
(b) Conceited, proud.
(c) Unsuccessful, doomed to failure.
(d) Changeable, wavering.

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 deeper and more overwhelming.
(c) His emotions are now less concealed and secretive.
(d) His emotions are now less complicated and confusing.

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

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

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

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

15. 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"?
(a) Epizeuxis.
(b) Caesura.
(c) Polysyndeton.
(d) Chiasmus.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the speaker characterize the daytime activities of humans in the city?

2. What is a "roe" (line 69)?

3. What techniques are evidence in line 88's phrase "nor mourn nor murmur"?

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

5. Which technique is used in the phrase "the fever of the world" in line 55?

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