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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which technique is employed in line 64, "While here I stand, not only with the sense"?
(a) Isocolon.
(b) Paraprosdokian.
(c) Platitude.
(d) Inversion.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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) Although essentially amoral, nature can still teach humans important lessons.
(c) It is natural for people to get more philosophical and less emotional as they age.
(d) All things are unified and guided by a single spiritual force.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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