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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 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.

2. What "still sad music" does the speaker hear when he looks at the landscape (93)?
(a) The "still sad music of humanity."
(b) The "still sad music of the past."
(c) The "still sad music of the spheres."
(d) The "still sad music of philosophy."

3. In line 75, what word does the speaker use to characterize his boyhood pleasures?
(a) "Coarser."
(b) "Foolish."
(c) "Sweeter."
(d) "Heedless."

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

5. What is the "remoter charm" that the speaker mentions in line 83?
(a) The excitement of discovery.
(b) The attraction of far-away places.
(c) The bittersweet feeling of nostalgia.
(d) The pleasure of philosophical thought.

Short Answer 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"?

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

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

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

5. To whom is the apostrophe in lines 57-59 addressed?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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