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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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) Chiasmus.
(b) Caesura.
(c) Polysyndeton.
(d) Epizeuxis.

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

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

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

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

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

12. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which is the best definition of "perplexity" in the context of line 62?

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

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

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

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