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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. What is the best definition of "cataract" in the context of line 78?
(a) Rushing water.
(b) Narrowing canyon.
(c) Pounding heart.
(d) Clouded vision.

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

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

14. Which sound device is used in line 56, "Have hung upon the beatings of my heart"?
(a) Cacophony.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Sibilance.
(d) Elision.

15. 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 creates a rhythmic tone that mimics footsteps.
(c) It stresses the speaker's serene state of mind.
(d) It connects the present to the future.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the speaker's present emotions compare with his past emotions?

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

3. 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"?

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

5. What "still sad music" does the speaker hear when he looks at the landscape (93)?

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