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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 attraction of far-away places.
(b) The excitement of discovery.
(c) The pleasure of philosophical thought.
(d) The bittersweet feeling of nostalgia.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do lines 60 and 61 describe with expressions like "recognitions dim and faint"?

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

3. What is a "roe" (line 69)?

4. In line 75, what word does the speaker use to characterize his boyhood pleasures?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What evidence does the speaker provide that demonstrates how much he enjoyed the sensations of 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 is the "sad perplexity" the speaker feels in line 62?

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