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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. Which of the following describes the term "pastoral farms" (line 16)?
(a) Oxymoron.
(b) Pleonasm.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Paradox.
2. What kind of confusion does the speaker find himself able to shrug off when he remembers the landscape?
(a) Confusion about the difference between philosophy and experience.
(b) Confusion about why the world is the way it is.
(c) Confusion about his own ambitions.
(d) Confusion about his relationships.
3. In line 26, how does the speaker characterize the rooms he has been in in the city?
(a) "Lonely."
(b) "Secluded."
(c) "Darkened."
(d) "Dim."
4. Lines 18 and 19, "Sent up, in silence, from among the trees!/ With some uncertain notice, as might seem," contain which two techniques?
(a) Litotes, anaphora.
(b) Assonance, sibilance.
(c) Sibilance, litotes.
(d) Anaphora, assonance.
5. What is the speaker referring to with the phrase "These beauteous forms" (line 23)?
(a) The hermit and vagrants.
(b) The wreaths of smoke.
(c) The unripe fruits.
(d) The entire landscape.
Short Answer Questions
1. What kind of tree does the speaker mention being under?
2. What does the speaker say is the best part of a good person's life?
3. What modern description might we give of the state that the speaker describes toward the end of the second verse paragraph?
4. What sets line 22, "The Hermit sits alone," apart from the preceding 21 lines?
5. What are "copses" (line 14)?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are two possibilities that the speaker imagines as the origin of the smoke he sees?
2. What literal and philosophical impact do the cliffs have on the landscape the speaker is viewing?
3. Describe the landscape that the speaker sees.
4. What two elements does the first stanza mention that contribute to the sense that the scene is unbroken and whole?
5. What does the speaker mean in line 47 when he talks about becoming "a living soul"?
6. What does the speaker say about the hedge-rows, and what does this reveal about his perspective on the scene?
7. Where has the speaker been for the past five years, and how has the memory of this landscape impacted him?
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