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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 a "roe" (line 69)?
(a) A deer.
(b) A squirrel.
(c) A fish.
(d) A wild boar.

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

3. How do the speaker's present emotions compare with his past emotions?
(a) His emotions are now more muted and controlled.
(b) His emotions are now less concealed and secretive.
(c) His emotions are now deeper and more overwhelming.
(d) His emotions are now less complicated and confusing.

4. Which technique is employed in line 64, "While here I stand, not only with the sense"?
(a) Inversion.
(b) Platitude.
(c) Isocolon.
(d) Paraprosdokian.

5. What is emphasized by the diction "appetite" and "feeling" in line 82?
(a) Youthful vitality.
(b) Physical sensations.
(c) Passionate emotion.
(d) Unthinking selfishness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which technique is used in the phrase "the fever of the world" in line 55?

2. What is the best definition of "cataract" in the context of line 78?

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

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

5. What is emphasized by the unusual word order in line 78's "What then I was"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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