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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 creates a rhythmic tone that mimics footsteps.
(b) It stresses the speaker's serene state of mind.
(c) It connects the present to the future.
(d) It distinguishes between the poet's senses and thoughts.

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

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

4. Which technique is used in the line 70 phrase "I bounded o'er the mountains"?
(a) Elision.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Platitude.
(d) Euphemism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is employed when the speaker calls the view "food" for future years (line 66)?

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

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

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

5. What "still sad music" does the speaker hear when he looks at the landscape (93)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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