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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 distinguishes between the poet's senses and thoughts.
(c) It creates a rhythmic tone that mimics footsteps.
(d) It connects the present to the future.

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

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

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

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

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

13. 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) Chiasmus.
(d) Polysyndeton.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "remoter charm" that the speaker mentions in line 83?

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

3. What technique is employed when the speaker says he cannot "paint" the person he used to be?

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

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

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