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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 7 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the best definition of "sublime" in the context of line 38?
(a) Transcendent experience.
(b) Complete and total.
(c) Passing from one phase of matter into another.
(d) To purify or refine.

2. How long has it been since the speaker was last in this place?
(a) Six years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Seven years.
(d) Four years.

3. What paradox does the speaker introduce at the end of the second verse paragraph?
(a) He can exercise more discipline without using his will power.
(b) He can see more clearly without using his vision.
(c) He can move more quickly without using his body.
(d) He can understand more thoroughly without using his mind.

4. What does the speaker say is the best part of a good person's life?
(a) Gestures of love and respect from others.
(b) Helping others focus on the important aspects of life.
(c) Small acts of love and kindness performed for others.
(d) The positive memories created for others.

5. What sets line 22, "The Hermit sits alone," apart from the preceding 21 lines?
(a) Its syntax.
(b) Its tone.
(c) Its perspective.
(d) Its length.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is most likely to be the intended effect of the repetition and redundancies throughout the first two verse paragraphs?

2. Lines 18 and 19, "Sent up, in silence, from among the trees!/ With some uncertain notice, as might seem," contain which two techniques?

3. What kind of tree does the speaker mention being under?

4. What kind of image opens the poem?

5. What kind of confusion does the speaker find himself able to shrug off when he remembers the landscape?

Short Essay Questions

1. What literal and philosophical impact do the cliffs have on the landscape the speaker is viewing?

2. What does the speaker say about the hedge-rows, and what does this reveal about his perspective on the scene?

3. Describe the landscape that the speaker sees.

4. What does the speaker mean in line 47 when he talks about becoming "a living soul"?

5. What two elements does the first stanza mention that contribute to the sense that the scene is unbroken and whole?

6. Where has the speaker been for the past five years, and how has the memory of this landscape impacted him?

7. What are two possibilities that the speaker imagines as the origin of the smoke he sees?

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