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

2. What is the best definition of "cataract" in the context of line 78?
(a) Rushing water.
(b) Pounding heart.
(c) Narrowing canyon.
(d) Clouded vision.

3. What is emphasized by the unusual word order in line 78's "What then I was"?
(a) The speaker's ego.
(b) The speaker's distance from the past.
(c) The speaker's philosophical nature.
(d) The speaker's eccentricity.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the "remoter charm" that the speaker mentions in line 83?

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

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

5. How did the speaker primarily relate to nature when he was younger?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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