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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 "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.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What idea is conveyed by the details listed toward the end of the fourth verse paragraph?

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

4. What is the best definition of "impels" in the context of line 102?

5. What is emphasized by the diction "appetite" and "feeling" in line 82?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the third verse paragraph, what argument does the speaker have with himself?

2. What does the speaker say he now sees in nature that he did not see when he was younger?

3. What is the "sad perplexity" the speaker feels in line 62?

4. In what ways does the speaker compare himself to an animal?

5. What comment does the speaker make about his motivations for being in nature when he was younger?

6. What does the speaker say he is gaining from looking at the scene, besides "present pleasure" (65)?

7. What evidence does the speaker provide that demonstrates how much he enjoyed the sensations of nature when he was younger?

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