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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 the past."
(b) The "still sad music of humanity."
(c) The "still sad music of philosophy."
(d) The "still sad music of the spheres."

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

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

4. 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 inspire and improve.
(d) To force compliance.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which technique is used in the line 70 phrase "I bounded o'er the mountains"?

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

3. What is emphasized by the unusual word order in line 78's "What then I was"?

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

5. What technique is employed when the speaker calls the view "food" for future years (line 66)?

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