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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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 ego.
(c) The speaker's philosophical nature.
(d) The speaker's eccentricity.

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

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

13. Which technique is used in the phrase "the fever of the world" in line 55?
(a) Simile.
(b) Metonymy.
(c) Synecdoche.
(d) Metaphor.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How did the speaker primarily relate to nature when he was younger?

4. In line 75, what word does the speaker use to characterize his boyhood pleasures?

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

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