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

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

3. What idea is conveyed by the details listed toward the end of the fourth verse paragraph?
(a) All things are unified and guided by a single spiritual force.
(b) It is natural for people to get more philosophical and less emotional as they age.
(c) Although essentially amoral, nature can still teach humans important lessons.
(d) Nature is far more mysterious than most people understand.

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which technique is used in the line 70 phrase "I bounded o'er the mountains"?

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

5. Which is the best definition of the word "vain" in the context of line 52?

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 is gaining from looking at the scene, besides "present pleasure" (65)?

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

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

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

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