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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 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) Caesura.
(b) Polysyndeton.
(c) Epizeuxis.
(d) Chiasmus.

2. What is the primary rhetorical function of the alliteration in line 65, "Of present pleasure, but with pleasing thoughts"?
(a) It creates a rhythmic tone that mimics footsteps.
(b) It distinguishes between the poet's senses and thoughts.
(c) It stresses the speaker's serene state of mind.
(d) It connects the present to the future.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How do the speaker's present emotions compare with his past emotions?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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