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

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

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

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

5. What technique is employed when the speaker calls the view "food" for future years (line 66)?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Verbal irony.
(c) Euphemism.
(d) Metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What technique is employed when the speaker says he cannot "paint" the person he used to be?

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

4. Which technique is employed in line 64, "While here I stand, not only with the sense"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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